The federation: there are those who come to collect reports or activate the health record
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SASSARI. Sardinian pharmacists are not willing to take risks greater than those they already face every day and block the withdrawal of test results by symptomatic subjects: “For about ten days – reads a press release from Federfarma -, citizens flock to Sardinian pharmacies to collect the report of the Covid swab made following symptoms or tracing “.
The Federation therefore invites pharmacies to “cautiously suspend the Covid-19 swab report collection service, in consideration of the primary responsibility for health protection and the protection of citizens and pharmacists”.
There would be the possibility, for patients, to have the results of their exams online thanks to the electronic health record. But those who have not yet activated the service must go to the pharmacy to do so. Although the Department of Health has issued addresses according to which “in no way should the citizen interpret the need to have a digital identity as a reason for violating the quarantine (for example by going to the Assl or pharmacy to activate his health card or physically collect the report) “.
So those in isolation cannot go to the pharmacy or to activate the ESF, but not even to collect the report of people. “The subject who undergoes the Covid swab – explains Federfarma – probably already has symptoms or has in any case been in contact with subjects who have tested positive, and therefore should, among other things, refrain from accessing premises such as pharmacies in order to avert further contagions “.
«We are activating about 1500 health cards a day – explains Francesco Danero, president of Federfarma Cagliari and South Sardinia, which brings together 256 pharmacies -. Given the situation, it would be useful for the Region to implement a less restrictive delegation mechanism for the activation of health cards – he continues -. Once the card is activated, the citizen can activate the electronic health record even from home independently and the Covid report can also be consulted through the family doctor or pediatrician “.
For patients who are asymptomatic and not subject to tracking, the pharmacies “remain available to activate both the health card and the electronic health record and it is possible to collect reports in most cases”.
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