Testing Times
23 ImagesPhotojournalist Kate Geraghty documents the coronavirus testing process at Prince of Wales Hospital COVID-19 clinic and Virology Laboratory.
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Senior Hospital Scientist Anna Condylios in the Virology Laboratory.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Hospital Scientist Dimitra Iliakis operates the COBAS 6800 instrument processing coronavirus samples.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sanjay Adhikari delivers samples that are to be tested for coronavirus.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sample preparation of coronavirus tests in the SAVid Sample Management Section.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior registrar Dr Michael Krasovitsky and senior resident medical officer Dr Rory Marples at the Covid-19/Flu Assessment Clinic.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Technical assistant Ling Chick does sample preparation of coronavirus tests.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Technical assistant Leanne Qi in the SAVid Sample Management Section.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Face shields hang on the wall in the Virology Laboratory.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior Hospital Scientist Anna Condylios using the Genetic Signatures GS1000 instrument.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior resident medical officer Dr Rory Marples at the Covid-19/Flu Assessment Clinic.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A patient leaves the Covid-19/Flu Assessment Clinic after having a coronavirus test.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sonya Bedic and Vidiya Ramachandran sorting coronavirus test samples in the Virology Laboratory.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior Hospital Scientist Anna Condylios pointing out a positive coronavirus curve. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Frances Callen (R) fills out a form as she waits for a coronavirus test at the Covid-19/Flu Assessment Clinic.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Samples to be tested for coronavirus at the Central Specimen Reception.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Nurse Louise Mason does a patient assessment with Frances Callen who is being tested for coronavirus.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Technical assistants Ling Chick and Leanne Qi carry out data entry of coronavirus tests.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Staff at the Central Specimen Reception enter details of a patient's sample into the Laboratory Information System.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Coronavirus bloods in a fridge in the Virology Laboratory, Prince of Wales Hospital.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Senior Hospital Scientist Vidiya Ramachandran carries out sample aliquoting of a coronavirus sample.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sanjay Adhikari collects coronavirus samples to take them to virology.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Registered Nurse Louise McLoughlin performs a coronavisus swab test on Frances Callen.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Keisha Harrison hands a gift of muffins for afternoon tea to Senior Registrar Dr Michael Krasovitsky at the Covid-19/Flu Assessment Clinic.Credit:Kate Geraghty