Open AccessBarriers to performing onsite COVID-19 testing during the second wave in Victoria: Experiences of general practices
Author(s) -
M. E. Haque,
Ahmed Shahriar Ferdous,
Jarnah Miller,
Jake Andrew Linke,
Cody Dixon,
Eugene Athan,
N. Deborah Friedman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-05-21-6003
Subject(s) - covid-19 , personal protective equipment , pandemic , perception , medicine , psychology , risk perception , nursing , family medicine , medical education , pathology , disease , neuroscience , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The approach to performing COVID-19 testing in general practice has been going through an evolution and is variable. The aim of this study was to determine what underlying factors, if any, impeded onsite COVID-19 testing in general practices for patients during the second wave of the pandemic in Victoria.