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COVID-19 Nursing Protocol for Obtaining Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples

1. Ensure that all infection prevention & control steps
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... Minitip flocked swab ... Leave swab in place ... Remove swab and ... with the same swab
Recommendations for Collection of Specimens for Culture from Diabetic Foot Wounds;  Culture specimens should be
pathogens than a wound swab ... #swab #curettage
How to Collect Swab Specimens for Monkeypox Testing

Swab in Tube (ie Copan FLOQSwab) vs Peel Pouch
How to Collect Swab ... Monkeypox Testing Swab ... MPX #Monkeypox #swab
“ Clinical laboratories should follow these guidelines when collecting specimens for monkeypox virus:

Collect at least two
least two dry swabs ... Swab or brush lesion ... polyester, or Dacron swab ... the second dry swab ... the first dry swab
Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
moved by a cotton swab
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
with a throat swab ... If the throat swab
Nasopharyngeal Swab - Technique Demonstration

The nasopharynx goes back, not up. 

When you take a nasopharyngeal swab
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... nasopharyngeal swab ... For a real NP swab ... should leave swab ... Nasopharyngeal #Swab
How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen

Insert the swab into the nostril, parallel to the palate.
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... Insert the swab ... passage of the swab ... The swab should ... slowly removing the swab
Hemopericardium on POCUS after Stab Wound

Stab wound to chest:
Blood clot ==> echos. 
Hemopericardium ==> Easily Missed
on POCUS after Stab ... Wound Stab wound ... echocardiogram #trauma #stab
POCUS showing lung point in a patient with multiple stab wounds. Highly specific for pneumothorax!

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with multiple stab ... #Pneumothorax #Stab