As the new coronavirus pandemic continues to spread in Nashville, key physical care providers and city officials are adapting their detection and care models.
Here are the latest data on where to get tested and what to expect in the process.
COVID-19 tests are loose, regardless of insurance coverage, by federal mandate. However, depending on where you are tested, you may have to pay a stopover at or other fees; for example, if you scale into a clinic without an appointment, you may be guilty of the charge of the scale at and any additional tests or evaluations. Array If you have insurance, check with your provider before scaling in. You can also call your fitness service provider in advance to ask questions.
Several primary hospital systems in Nashville will offer COVID-19 tests, as well as the government of Metro Nashville, CVS and American Family Care, among others. The primacy of COVID-19 tests offered in Nashville come with a nasal pattern and take a few seconds to complete.
Visit www.tn.gov and click on the COVID-19 poster to learn more about state-wide features.
For a complete list of COVID-19 verification sites in Tennessee, the interactive map of the state.
The city of Nashville will offer loose evidence to anyone who wants, whether or not they have symptoms. Hospital systems and other providers will perform an evaluation procedure and provide COVID-19 tests only to others with symptoms.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these symptoms may appear within two to 14 days of coronavirus exposure and include:
This list does not include all the symptoms imaginable, and the CDC online page indicates that you will continue to update this list as you learn more about COVID-19.
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Metro de Nashville
Where to start: Metro offers three drive-thru testing sites Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sites are at:
Duration of results: 3 to five days on average, with longer waiting times in peak periods
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Where to start: A hotline is available at 888-312-0847 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily for current Vanderbilt patients and employees. Others may contact a Vanderbilt provider or visit a walk-in clinic to get assessed and become established as a patient.
Duration of results: one to two calendar days, with longer waiting times in peak periods
Hospital St. Thomas
Where to start: You can also get a COVID-19 self-assessment and a directory of locations in healthcare.ascension.org.
How long the effects last: 3 to seven days, with an average number of days
CareNow Clinics (part of the TriStar system)
Where to start: You can get a clinic locator in www.carenow.com/locations. A COVID-19 self-assessment tool can be obtained in www.carenow.com/covid-19.
How long the effects last: two to 3 days
Cv
Where to start: Go www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing to the nearest location.
How long the effects last: peak periods of six to 10 days
American Family Care
Where to start: Find your nearest location in afcurgentcare.com/locations and call to see if checks are available. The sites in Nashville and Smyrna will offer quick verification, but neither of them ran out of verification materials on Monday.
Duration of effects: Quick tests give effects in 15 to 20 minutes.
Overall, fitness leaders from Vanderbilt to Saint Thomas repeated the same 3 but effective recommendations to combat the spread of COVID-19:
Autoquarent is another missed recommendation, said Scott Poston, CareNow’s market manager.
“When other people have this symptom or have had this known exposure, their first tendency is to run out and get tested. But this can be Array … too soon to take the test,” he said.
Since symptoms can take two to 14 days to expand after exposure, checking too early can lead to a false negative result, he said. Automatic quarantine is a way to get more accurate COVID-19 verification results, Poston said.
Dr. Julie Gray, who oversees control of Nissan Stadium and works for Meharry Medical College, said she urges Nashvillens to think of face masks, hand washing and social distance as a way to care for those around them.
“I still see other people who don’t wear masks, but I’m grateful to know that more people are socially responsible,” he said. “Loving your neighbor, that’s what we do as Nashville residents.”