Washington County Hospital and Clinics (WCHC) began offering a quick test clinic on Monday to test individuals expected to have COVID-19.
Over the past three weeks, WCHC has witnessed a decrease …
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Washington County Hospital and Clinics (WCHC) began offering a quick test clinic on Monday to test individuals expected to have COVID-19.
Over the past three weeks, WCHC has witnessed a decrease in the infectivity rate of COVID-19 in local patients as well as a decrease in the number of individuals reporting respiratory illness.
As the need for COVID-19 decreases so does the need for the established respiratory triage clinic.
WCHC implemented the respiratory triage clinic on March 18 in anticipation of community spread of COVID-19.
This clinic was developed to specifically see individuals with respiratory discomfort and other COVID-19 related symptoms.
This clinic was decommissioned on May 8, but the functionality will be continued in the quick test clinic.
Patients will continue to be triaged for respiratory illness and COVID-19-related symptoms and if testing is deemed appropriate will be sent to the quick test clinic.
The quick test clinic is located at 418 East Polk St., on the hospital’s campus.
At this time, WCHC will not accept any walk-in appointments. Patients should call 319-653-7291 to be pre-screened and advised the best location to be seen for treatment.
