{"id":197,"date":"2020-07-01T05:16:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/?p=197"},"modified":"2020-07-06T02:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T02:04:32","slug":"covid-19-swabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/covid-19-swabbing\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 swabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/guideline_index\/COVID-19_swabbing\/\">COVID-19 swabbing<\/a> is a new CPG that has been reviewed by the CPG Committee. It will be considered for PIC endorsement on 27 August.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) involves an oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab<\/li>\n<li>Discomfort\/distress may be experienced due to this procedure and preparation may minimise the impact for the child and their family<\/li>\n<li>Droplet and contact precautions should be maintained whilst performing the swab; the person performing the swab should use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new CPG will be considered for PIC endorsement on 27 August<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11797,28,9503],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individual-cpg-posts","category-news","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/clinicalguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}