這名護士透露,醫院採用的手段就是在再一次的檢測過程中,指示工作人員將陽性病人的咽拭子樣本標記成“鼻拭子”,並送到一家只做鼻拭子檢測的實驗室,這樣檢測出來的結果會呈陰性。
The nurses said the hospital instructed staff to take samples from inside someone's throat, but send the samples to a lab run by Piedmont Hospital that only tests nasal swabs, knowing the results would turn out negative for COVID-19.
根據起訴文件的內容,“地標醫院”故意給這些樣本貼上錯誤的標簽,對此前檢測已呈陽性的病人的二次檢測結果進行操縱。
有一名護士在採訪中告訴媒體,當她按照程序正常操作時,卻遭到了上級的報復。她說:“我做了檢測,結果呈陽性,然後就因為未遵照醫生的指令進行檢測被解雇了。”
"I did the test, and it did turn out positive and I was terminated for not having a doctor's order for a test," the nurse said.
佐治亞州立大學公共衛生學院的一名副教授Harry Heiman稱,對病人進行正確的檢測至關重要,這樣該州才能得到準確的新冠肺炎病例數。
他說,“故意把采自氣管的拭子標注成鼻拭子將導致實驗室不能採用正確的方法進行檢測,並得不出準確的結果”。
"So, intentionally taking a swab from the trachea and labeling it as coming from the nose will lead to it being handled improperly by the lab that's analyzing it and will not likely lead to accurate result," Heiman said. |