2021 Midwives ordering testing for COVID-19 - Can I test my clients and/or their newborns for COVID-19?

May 31, 2021 Midwives ordering testing for COVID-19 Can I test my clients and/or their newborns for COVID-19? Midwives can order laboratory tests for COVID-19 for their clients and infants born within their care in accordance with Reg. [...] • Midwives are not permitted to perform nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and deep nasal swabs on their own authority as they require the performance of the controlled act of “putting an instrument, hand or finger beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow.” Under the Midwifery Act, 1991, midwives do not have the authority to perform this controlled act. [...] What types of swabs are midwives permitted to perform for COVID-19 testing? Midwives are only required to submit a single upper respiratory tract specimen for COVID-19 testing. [...] If midwives are unable to collect a nasopharyngeal swab or there are barriers to clients accessing this swab in the community, a combined swab of the throat and both nostrils is the preferred swab. [...] they are not under delegation/do not have the authority to do so), and clients have barriers to accessing this test for themselves/their newborns in the community, midwives can test using any of the aforementioned swabs.