SydPath, an Australian-based lab, sent hundreds of patients the wrong test results, due to a 'data processing error,' it said in a statement.
Monday that a total of 995 people, who had taken COVID- tests on Dec. 22, Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 had received text messages that their test results were negative when the results had not yet been determined.on Sunday it had told more than 400 people their results were negative when they were positive.Health workers conduct COVID-19 tests at the Bondi Beach testing clinic on Dec. 28, 2021 in Sydney.
This error comes as the country sees the number of COVID-19 cases surge. On Tuesday, Australia reported 11,260 new positive cases, bringing its cumulative number of active COVID-19 cases to 323,285, according to the government'sThe lab, a part of St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, established an emergency response team to"rectify the issue as soon as possible," according to itsThose impacted had taken tests at any of the lab's clinics.
SydPath said it will reduce the number of tests it processes"to ensure the volume remains within our capacity," it said in theThe lab said it reached out to those people and will update them with their correct results. It advised anyone impacted to self isolate until they are contacted with their correct results, according to its
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