Screening tests strep throat A, flu, and blood sugar testing will soon be arriving in our pharmacies. The authorization has been official since June 11, but negotiations between the pharmacists’ unions and the Health Insurance to determine the price of the tests and the remuneration of professionals have not yet been completed.
Once these discussions are concluded, pharmacies who want to perform these screenings will have to set up a confidentiality space so that the patient is not in the middle of other customers during the test. Thanks to this device, the daily life of certain patients, such as diabetics, for example, should be simplified.
Despite the fact that pharmacists must undergo training to learn how to perform the tests, doctors welcome this measure with reservations. However, this initiative will help reduce resistance to antibiotics. In seven minutes, the strep throat A test is able to determine if medication is needed. Enough to help us find the reflex “antibiotics are not automatic”.
