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Medical-testing firm Becton Dickinson says it’s investigating false-positive coronavirus test results reported at nursing homes around the US. The New Jersey-based company, also known as BD, said a “small number” of nursing homes are reporting multiple false-positive COVID-19 tests from its Veritor Plus machine, which can deliver results in 15 minutes. Roughly a dozen sites …
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Quarantine hasn’t stopped these seniors from rocking. North London’s Sydmar Lodge Care Home has been under lockdown for four months, but restricted living hasn’t curtailed residents’ creativity: The nursing home’s seniors and carers alike have been spending their time re-creating classic album covers. In a now viral tweet, the home’s activities coordinator, Robert Speker, posted …
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A heartless hospice chain prodded its sales reps to sneak into hospitals and nursing homes in search of terminally ill patients at the height of the coronavirus pandemic — even if it meant falsely posing as staff, a new lawsuit claims. Courtesy of Kay Van Wey Vitas Healthcare of Miami improperly declared its sales staffers …
Medical-testing firm Becton Dickinson says it’s investigating false-positive coronavirus test results reported at nursing homes around the US. The New Jersey-based company, also known as BD, said a “small number” of nursing homes are reporting multiple false-positive COVID-19 tests from its Veritor Plus machine, which can deliver results in 15 minutes. Roughly a dozen sites …
