>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THIS IS A PART OF THE SHOW WHERE WE LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF SOME
EXPERTS REALLY IN THE FIELD
THAT I’M PLEASED TO BE JOINED
BY DOCTOR DAVID GOOD FROM THE
TEXAS MED CLINIC AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK A
LOT ABOUT TESTING AND THE
AVAILABILITY OF TESTS
TEXAS MET CLINIC MAKING SOME
NEWS ON THAT FRONT TODAY.
DOCTOR GOOD.
>> YES AND THAT THEY WERE
MAKING IS THAT THE PIPELINE IS
STARTED
TO OPEN. ALL TESTING IS STILL
NOT
READILY AVAILABLE. WE DO THAT
FOR THE MOMENT HAVE A STEADY
SUPPLY OF TESTS. WE STARTED
TESTING REALLY THIS PAST
FRIDAY.
LAB PARTNER QWEST OPENED
UP A TESTING FACILITY ARE OPEN
THEY’RE TESTING FACILITY IN
DALLAS WITH THE CAPABILITY OF
DOING TESTING FOR THE
COVID 19 WE’VE BEEN SENDING
SPECIMENS ADAM STARTING FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
AND THEY’VE BEEN A PROMISING A
48 HOUR TURNAROUND IN UP TO NOW
HAVE BEEN DELIVERY IN LESS TIME
THAN THAT WE’VE DONE AS
OF YESTERDAY
AT JUST UNDER 200 TESTS WE
DON’T HAVE ALL THE
RESULTS BACK. BUT WE HAVE SENT
200 TESTS OUT HAVE THE
CAPABILITY AND ALL OF OUR
FACILITIES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO MEET THE CRITERIA DEFINED
FOR
METRO HEALTH.
>> TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE
PAST HOW HARD WAS THIS TO
ACCOMPLISH.
WE FORTUNATELY HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH WE’VE PARTICIPATED AND A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT WAYS WITH
METRO HEALTH. WE WERE JUST ABLE
TO OPEN UP A BETTER DIALOGUE.
I THINK A BETTER CONVERSATION
WITH QUEST AND GET THE SUPPLIES
THAT WERE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO DO THE TESTING. I MEAN
THE BIG LIMITATION FOR US HAS
BEEN GETTING THE KIDS ITSELF.
FIRST OF ALL TO HAVE THE
SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT
THE SPECIMEN AND SECONDLY THEM
HAVING THE CAPABILITIES AS I
SAID IT WAS ONLY THIS PAST
FRIDAY THAT THEY OPEN THEIR LAB
IN DALLAS TO TESTING
PRIOR TO THE ONLY PLACE QUEST
WAS ABLE TO TEST WITH
CALIFORNIA. I CAN TELL YOU WE
HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF SENDING
TESTS PRIOR TO FRIDAY SO EARLY
LAST WEEK WE SENT A FEW TESTS
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE STILL
HAVE SOME OF THOSE TESTS
WAITING IN THE PIPELINE TO GET
TESTED AT THE FACILITY
IN CALIFORNIA. JUST BECAUSE
THEY’RE SO BACKLOG IN THE
NUMBER OF TESTS THEY HAVE THERE
NOW WANT TO BE CLEAR JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM DOESN’T
MEAN ANYBODY CAN JUST WALK INTO
A TEXAS MET CLINIC.
>> AND GET A COVID
19 TEST CORRECT THAT’S CORRECT.
I MEAN WE HAVE THEM BUT IT’S
STILL A LIMITED NUMBER. THE
PIPELINE IS NOT FLOWING FREELY
AT
THIS POINT. SO WE ARE FOLLOWING
THE METRO HEALTH GUIDELINES FOR
WHO
GETS TESTED. WE’RE NORMALLY I
DOING A RAPID STRAP AND A
RAPID FLU. BEFORE THE COVERT
TESTS AND ONLY IF THOSE
ARE NEGATIVE. WE PROCEED WITH
DOING THE COVERT TESTS ASSUMING
THE PERSON IS A CANDIDATE FOR
TESTING ACCORDING TO
THE GUIDELINES.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: NOW THIS
ISN’T JUST A SIMPLE AS OKAY,
YOU GET THE TESTS IN YOU’VE GOT
QUEST SET UP TO DO
THE RESULT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO DO
SOME PREPARING OF YOUR STAFF
JUST WITH EQUIPMENT IF NOTHING
ELSE CORRECT.
>> WE HAVE TO BE WEARING
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
IN ORDER. YOU KNOW REALLY TO
TREAT PATIENTS RIGHT NOW.
NOW WE’VE CHANGED OUR
PROCEDURES SO THEY WERE TRYING
TO KEEP
PATIENTS FROM GATHERING IN THE
LOBBY WERE TRYING TO LIMIT IT
TO ONE PATIENT.
IN THE LOBBY AT THE TIME NO ONE
SITTING IN THE LOBBY WERE
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IN 2 ROOMS
IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN TAKE CARE
PROCESSING ALL OF THEIR
PAPERWORK AND WE’RE ASKING
PATIENTS TO WAIT IN THEIR CARS
IT NECESSARY OR OUTSIDE
TO QUEUE UP OUT THERE WHERE
THEY COME INTO
THE CLINIC. WITHIN WE WHEN
WE’RE WORKING WITH PATIENTS ARE
WEARING PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. TEXAS MET
CLINIC HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR
SOME TYPE OF PANDEMIC FOR ABOUT
10 YEARS NOW.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT
SUPPLY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE
TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO OUR
COMMUNITIES FOR MONTHS
TO COME.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
FRUSTRATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF
TESTING THAT’S OUT THERE A LOT
OF PEOPLE EVEN SAY.
>> THERE WOULDN’T BE THE
NEED TO.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: SHELTER AT
HOME OR STAY HOME WORK SAFE
TYPE THINGS LIKE SAN ANTONIO
BEXAR COUNTY ARE DOING IF WE
HAD ENOUGH TESTS DO YOU SHARE
THAT FRUSTRATION.
>> I’M FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED THAT I THINK GETS OLD AND GETTING WHERE YOU
KNOW, I’M TRYING TO GET THE
TESTS I CAN GET FOR THE SAN
ANTONIO COMMUNITY AND AUSTIN IN
NEW BRAUNFELS AND ALL THE AREAS
THAT
WE ARE AND FOCUS ON GETTING YOU
KNOW GETTING THOSE SERVICES
DELIVERED
TO PEOPLE THAT THAT’S OUTSIDE
OF THE SCOPE AND I’VE GOT
ENOUGH THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT SO
AND TO BE HONEST I DON’T HAVE
TIME TO BE WORRIED AND
FRUSTRATED ABOUT THINGS THAT I
CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT AND
THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF
SOMETHING I CAN’T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT YEAH FINAL QUESTION
FOR YOU.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: A LOT OF
MEDICAL CLINICS AND HOSPITALS
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF SUPPLIES, THEY HAVE WHETHER
IT’S MASUR GLOVES OR THE
PROTECTIVE, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
THAT YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IS THAT A CONCERN FOR YOU.
NOT AT THIS TIME. WE AS I
SAID EARLIER.
>> WE’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR A
PANDEMIC LIKE THIS. WE’VE KNOWN
IT’S INEVITABLE THAT IT’S GOING
TO COME. YOU KNOW AFTER
9 11 IN 2001 I BELIEVE
IT WAS AND THEN AFTER THE H ONE
N ONE PANDEMIC OF 2009. WE TO
THE SERIES OF EVENTS WE’RE
FORTUNATE ARE UNDER
YOU KNOW WAS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT HOW. HOW WE WOULD
INTERFACE WITH THE COMMUNITY
DURING
THESE PANDEMICS AND COLLECT WE
AS AN ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO BE
PREPARED. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO
TAKE CARE WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO
WHAT WE’VE ALWAYS DONE
WHICH IS RIGHT OR DIDN’T CARE
SERVICES IN SAN ANTONIO AND
SOUTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: DOCTOR
DAVID DUDE WITH TEXAS MET
CLINIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US FOR THIS CRIME WAS Q