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Maryland has ordered weekly reporting of negative counts (nothing posted yet) #58

Closed catawbasam closed 4 years ago

catawbasam commented 4 years ago

Maryland issued an order requiring negative results weekly on Monday March 23. No numbers have been posted yet.

DIRECTIVE AND ORDER REGARDING VARIOUS HEALTHCARE MATTERS Pursuant to Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. §§ 2-104, 18-102, 18-103, 18-205, 18-902, 18-904, and Public Safety § 14-3A-03

I, Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, finding it necessary for the prevention and control of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“SARS-CoV-2” or “2019-NCoV” or “COVID-19”), and for the protection of the health and safety of patients, staff, and other individuals in Maryland, hereby authorize and order the following actions for the prevention and control of this infectious and contagious disease under the Governor’s Declaration of Catastrophic Health Emergency:

COVID-19 TESTING

  1. Positive COVID-19 Test Reporting A. Pursuant to Health General Article §§ 18-205 and 18-904, and COMAR 10.06.01.03 and .04, a medical laboratory performing a diagnostic test for COVID-19 shall report a positive test result of an individual immediately to the Maryland Department of Health (“MDH”) and the appropriate local health officer. B. The medical laboratory shall immediately notify the requesting healthcare provider of the positive test result and provide a written or electronic report of the positive test result to the requesting healthcare provider to give to the patient.
  2. Negative COVID-19 Test Reporting A. Pursuant to Health General Article §§ 18-205, 18-206, 18-904, a medical laboratory performing a diagnostic test for COVID-19 shall report the total number of tests performed and its negative test results for tested individuals no less than once a week to MDH at Mdh.CovidAggLab@maryland.gov. B. A laboratory that is already submitting HL-7 formatted electronic laboratory reports (ELRs) to MDH shall send reports for negative and inconclusive test results in addition to positive test results. C. A laboratory that does not already submit HL-7 formatted ELRs to MDH shall submit a summary report to MDH at Mdh.CovidAggLab@maryland.gov at least once per week that contains the following: the total number of specimens tested, the number of positive results, the number of inconclusive results, and the number of negative results.
hammer commented 4 years ago

We saw that! https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1242337011387600897

Very good news, thanks for passing along.

catawbasam commented 4 years ago

Jeff, Thanks. You saw the Michigan data is updated at https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163-520743--,00.html?

These counts are higher than what is posted at https://covidtracking.com/data/#MI: Cumulative Number of Specimens Tested for COVID-19 - Last Updated 3/25/2020

Lab Type Negative Tests Positive Tests Total Specimens Tested Commercial 713 30 744 Hospital 3296 1866 5261 Public Health 2541 557 3104 Grand Total 6550 2453 9109

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We saw that! https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1242337011387600897

Very good news, thanks for passing along.

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