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COVID-19 Double throat swab (SA)

This poster highlights the importance of swabbing for COVID-19 and Strep A infection, in people with sore throat who are at high risk for developing acute rheumatic fever.

COVID-19 & Strep A Double swabbing (SA)
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COVID-19 Double swab poster (SA)
Developed by 
RHDAustralia and SA Health
Year of publication 
2022
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This flyer, produced by Apunipima Cape York Health Council, can be put up in your health clinic. It is a reminder do a double swab for any patient presented with a sore throat - one for COVID-19 and one for Strep A.

Sore Throat? Double Swab for COVID-19 & Strep A

This flyer, produced by Apunipima Cape York Health Council, can be put up in your health clinic.