I scheduled for a sleep study and on the evening that the study was to be done I arrived and the technician attempted to do a fever check with an infrared thermometer. The reading came back as 91.9 which was ridiculous. She attempted several more times before admitting that the device wasn't working.
So no one was getting proper fever checks when arriving at the facility as a result. There was no backup thermometer for her to use either.
I have an slight asthma problem and wearing a face mask does cause me to cough from time to time and when I told the technician that I had had a COVID-19 test twelve days prior she said to write down that down on the COVID-19 questionnaire sheet and to write that it was negative.
Well, I hadn't received a phone call confirming that it was negative and I had no COVID-19 symptoms but, yes, I could be asymptomatic. So I told her so and then her demeanor completely changed and she insisted that I had to reschedule and leave. I guess she thought I had COVID-19 as A) she couldn't get a valid temperature check, B) I coughed a few times in my mask (I wanted to show my asthma inhaler but no time for that) and C) that my COVID-19 test result wasn't back yet.
I can understand that they need to keep the facility and others safe there. COVID is highly infectious and I don't want to be the means of someone else catching it if I were to have it and not know.
But a COVID-19 test only shows that you didn't have COVID at the day/time the sample was taken. I very well could have gotten COVID two or three days ago and been walking around with it without knowing. So the test is of little value other than to fulfill legal requirements. I was never told that I would have to bring any proof of a negative COVID-19 test either. Taking a sleep study is a risk as one doesn't know how well they cleaned the beds or the rooms at the center but it's something I need to get done unfortunately.
In any case, I found another nearby sleep study center that actually conducts their own COVID-19 test so I'm going to them instead.
From the other reviews, it doesn't seem like this sleep study center is all that great. Having to share a bathroom is also something I don't think I would've liked. read more