Following the instruction of the Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic from 26.4.2020 7:00 until the removal in accordance with the guidelines of the main hygiene of the Slovak Republic, in cases where the patient does not have the possibility to drive to the MOM and his condition does not require medical examination or hospitalization, collections will be carried out in the domestic environment through the ambulance of the emergency health service.
Collections will be provided by Rescue Health Service Bratislava and Rescue Service Košice in the number of one ambulance ZZS per county, in the case of the Bratislava region there are two ambulances. Nine offices are available throughout Slovakia. The capacity of one ambulance is about 5-8 withdrawals per 12 hours. These ambulances will not be available for routine calls.
Collections will be indicated by officials of regional public health authorities, regional health professionals, epidemiologists, infectologists. This requirement should be directed to the emergency call line 155 from the DPA. It will also be possible to indicate the purchase via COVID PASS, while registering these requirements from NCZI will lead OS ZZS SR in Bratislava for the whole of Slovakia and distribute to KOS ZZS. Ambulances will be broadcast primarily to immobile and age- or health-threatening residents.
Samples will be examined in national laboratories.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health is working on a legislative solution, in the future the resort proposes to implement these procurements through transport health services, subject to strict hygiene standards.