In addition, nucleic acid testing cannot be reimbursed by itself, and it needs to be paid by itself. Now the price of nucleic acid testing should be 80 yuan once.
The cost of nucleic acid testing for some people within the prescribed scope shall be borne by the medical insurance fund and the financial department. If there is an epidemic here, residents will generally be organized to carry out nucleic acid testing. In this case, there is no need to pay at your own expense, and the expenses are borne by the state.
How long does it take to do nucleic acid testing?
The results will be available in 3-4 hours at the earliest.
At present, real-time quantitative PCR is widely used to detect COVID-19-specific nucleic acid fragments in China. During the test, the doctor will use a cotton swab similar to a cotton swab to wipe the secretion near the tonsil and pharyngeal recess, or take the secretion from the back of the nasopharynx through the nasal cavity, and then put it in a test tube, and then hand it over to the inspection department for corresponding virus nucleic acid detection. Nucleic acid detection is completed through five steps: sampling, sample retention, preservation, nucleic acid extraction and computer detection.
However, the hospital tests are usually carried out on the computer in the morning, and it takes about five hours to get the results, that is, in the afternoon, and then report them uniformly, so the samples sent in the afternoon or evening are done the next day. Some hospitals do not have the laboratory conditions themselves, so they need to be sent to the next level laboratory. The conservative estimation time is 1-2 days.
However, with the improvement of inspection efficiency in all aspects, the inspection time in COVID-19 has also been shortened, and some of them are more critical and need emergency surgery.
For a single specimen, the results can be obtained quickly, or within 3-4 hours, which requires special treatment. ?