Rapid testing for certain illnesses is unrelated to the vaccination topic.
Nor is it limited to Covid-19.
If we can catch a case of flu, strep or RSV before spreading to others we are doing our patients and community a service. For example think about the Mom who gets the call from school - kid running a temp and throat hurts. Within 15 minutes, her child can be tested for strep right here at the pharmacy. If found positive, our clinical pharmacists can evaluate and prescribe appropriate treatment and she can leave the pharmacy with a filled prescription. The child gets started on medicine as soon as possible, long waits at medical clinics are avoided, further community spread is avoided, Mom gets back to work sooner, Dr offices and ER's are freed up to treat other patients in need, and more.
That's the beauty of our flu and strep testing - if positive we can consult, prescribe, and send you home with medication right then and there. Saves a trip to the doctor and overflowing waiting rooms at urgent cares full of other sick and contagious patients!
Nor is it limited to Covid-19.
If we can catch a case of flu, strep or RSV before spreading to others we are doing our patients and community a service. For example think about the Mom who gets the call from school - kid running a temp and throat hurts. Within 15 minutes, her child can be tested for strep right here at the pharmacy. If found positive, our clinical pharmacists can evaluate and prescribe appropriate treatment and she can leave the pharmacy with a filled prescription. The child gets started on medicine as soon as possible, long waits at medical clinics are avoided, further community spread is avoided, Mom gets back to work sooner, Dr offices and ER's are freed up to treat other patients in need, and more.
That's the beauty of our flu and strep testing - if positive we can consult, prescribe, and send you home with medication right then and there. Saves a trip to the doctor and overflowing waiting rooms at urgent cares full of other sick and contagious patients!
