Dr.Nathan Keith Waldron, Chief Medical Officer for Bay Care Urgent Care, joined AM Tampa Bay to discuss Drive-Thru COVID-19 testing sites that are now open around the Bay Area.
The service will be limited only to those BayCare patients who meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) testing guidelines.
Patients who have been screened by a medical professional as high-risk for COVID-19 either because of symptoms or travel histories or close contact with someone with COVID-19 can get the test done.
BayCare patients who have been instructed by their doctor to be tested for COVID-19 will be able to get the test done right from their cars.
According to BayCare, "At each testing location, patients will quickly move through three stations while remaining in their car. BayCare team members, where appropriate, will wear personal protection equipment to insure safety for patients, team members, physicians and the community."
The testing sites will operate the service seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m at following location:
Testing locations:
- BayCare Urgent Care (Carillon)900 Carillon Parkway, Suite. 106, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
- BayCare Urgent Care (New Port Richey) 4821 U.S. Highway 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652
- BayCare Urgent Care (Countryside) 3351 N. McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, FL 3376
- BayCare Urgent Care (Tampa) 3440 W. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., Suite 100, Tampa, FL 33607
- BayCare Urgent Care (New Tampa) 17512 Dona Michelle Drive, Suite 5, Tampa, FL 3364
- BayCare Urgent Care (Bloomingdale) 2442 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, FL 33596
- BayCare Urgent Care (Haines City) 36245 U.S. Highway 27, Haines City, FL 33844
To learn more about the BayCare Drive-Thru testing sites click here
(BayCare)
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