quilp Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, rachomics said: Most of the countries (as far as I can tell) want to see that the lab is ISO accredited on the certificate. Is your lab ISO accredited..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Post off Josems Twitter, sounds like the mentioned in conference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachomics Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, quilp said: Is your lab ISO accredited..? Not yet, it's one of the reasons I haven't been selling private COVID testing for the past few weeks as I was pretty sure the test results wouldn't be worth the paper they're written on without it. We started the process pre-COVID but it had to be put on hold while I was otherwise occupied.... I figure that the worst press in the world would be someone being stopped from entering a country because the certificate wasn't right. It's a six month (or so) process to get UKAS assessments carried out for the accreditation. We're hoping that because we're small we can get that down to about 3 months if we're lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Max Power said: The hospital is becoming swamped, non urgent elective orthopaedic treatment is put on hold. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/temporary-halt-on-non-urgent-elective-orthopaedic-operations/?fbclid=IwAR1gax_naRXjBS2sJo5sZDahG4mZ-bMgmZfqoVAnHfGPO2YkRNJ_MQllcBI Are we experiencing something unusual other than waiting for Covid-19 to hit us again? I'm no medical expert but I would imagine that Noble's has never been so slack..apart from the lockdown period when next to fuck all was being done except sitting around waiting for something to happen, which it didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) Suspension of elective ortho surgery is possibly due to them creating capacity in case the students cause another wave Edited November 26, 2020 by snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) (In addition to the reason stated in the presser) Edited November 26, 2020 by snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) Double post Edited November 26, 2020 by snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, rachomics said: The thing that's going to be interesting is how many of the private COVID test certificates from the hospital will be valid at various borders around the world. Most of the countries (as far as I can tell) want to see that the lab is ISO accredited on the certificate. I speak from experience that in my most recent trip to the middle east a few weeks ago they must have checked my printout for all of 2 seconds. A summary to check that my name was correct and that it said Result: Negative and away I went. I would be surprised if most of the hired hands that work at airports checking these things have ever heard of ISO accreditation. Edited November 26, 2020 by Lxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachomics Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Lxxx said: Is the hospital lab not ISO accredited then? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachomics Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Lxxx said: I speak from experience that in my most recent trip to the middle east a few weeks ago they must have checked my printout for all of 2 seconds. A summary to check that my name was correct and that it said Result: Negative and away I went. I would be surprised if most of the hired hands that work at airports checking these things have ever heard of ISO accreditation. There's hope for my do-at-home send-to-the-lab saliva COVID test yet then Edited November 26, 2020 by rachomics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, rachomics said: No. I edited my post above. You were too quick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Right Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, snowman said: Suspension of elective ortho surgery is possibly due to them creating capacity in case the students cause another wave How would that happen? Firstly all the students are being forced to self isolate even if away from family in separate premises and secondly hardly anyone aged between 18 and 21 is going to end up in hospital as they’ll just feel a bit unwell for a few days while they’re self isolating. On balance largely a poor attempt at student bashing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Just now, rachomics said: There's hope for my do-at-home send-to-the-lab saliva COVID test yet then There's probably more hope for the 'Draw up a mock test result on Microsoft Word at home and print it out' for all the attention they get at airports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Increasing capacity......maybe they shouldn't have closed al those beds then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, rachomics said: Not yet, it's one of the reasons I haven't been selling private COVID testing for the past few weeks as I was pretty sure the test results wouldn't be worth the paper they're written on without it. We started the process pre-COVID but it had to be put on hold while I was otherwise occupied.... I figure that the worst press in the world would be someone being stopped from entering a country because the certificate wasn't right. It's a six month (or so) process to get UKAS assessments carried out for the accreditation. We're hoping that because we're small we can get that down to about 3 months if we're lucky. Seriously, start it up again. There is a market for it because the only requisite is that it is a PCR test, not the quality standard accreditation that is just a footer on the letterhead. As long as people are aware the lab isn't ISO accredited it's fine. From experience I'd have one as I know how little attention is paid to anything other than the test result. Edited November 26, 2020 by Lxxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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