{"id":9355,"date":"2022-05-27T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2022-10-28T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T02:04:40","slug":"stars-gazer-rat-20220527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/stars-gazer\/stars-gazer-rat-20220527","title":{"rendered":"The STARS Rapid Antigen Test Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_6903\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6903\" class=\"wp-image-6903 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/05\/kym-murphy-jasmine-kellaway-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Kym Murphy and Jasmine Kellaway\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kym Murphy and Jasmine Kellaway<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>With COVID-19 case numbers rising in the community after the Queensland borders opened, STARS had to rapidly stand up a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) clinic to ensure the safety of patients coming into the hospital for procedures.<\/h4>\n<p>STARS Allied Health Project Officers Jasmine Kellaway and Kym Murphy and a team of dedicated staff worked around the clock to stand up the RAT clinic on just a few days\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, the evidence suggested that patients that had procedures while sick with COVID-19 experienced worse clinical outcomes,\u201d Jasmine said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the RAT Clinic was to do the right thing for patients and staff by ensuring the safety of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kym said when people arrived, we aimed to ensure they were tested promptly so they could get upstairs for their procedure as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstandably, patients were often a little anxious when they arrived \u2013 I suspect both for their procedure and for the RAT result due to increasing COVID numbers within the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>During January the RAT Clinic tested between 60 to 90 patients each day with a positive rate of less than two percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverwhelmingly though, even those who unfortunately tested positive on the day of their procedure were grateful we were being thorough to not expose them or their treating team to any further risk,\u201d Kym said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA cup of tea and sandwich provided by the Procedure Unit were always well received for these fasting patients until their transport home arrived!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With COVID-19 case numbers rising in the community after the Queensland borders opened, STARS had to rapidly stand up a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) clinic to ensure the safety of patients coming into the hospital for procedures.<br \/>\nSTARS Allied Health Project Officers Jasmine Kellaway and Kym Murphy and a team of dedicated staff worked around the clock to stand up the RAT clinic on just a few days\u2019 notice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":10464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars-gazer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The STARS Rapid Antigen Test Clinic - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The STARS Rapid Antigen Test Clinic - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With COVID-19 case numbers rising in the community after the Queensland borders opened, STARS had to rapidly stand up a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) clinic to ensure the safety of patients coming into the hospital for procedures.  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