这名护士透露，医院采用的手段就是在再一次的检测过程中，指示工作人员将阳性病人的咽拭子样本标记成“鼻拭子”，并送到一家只做鼻拭子检测的实验室，这样检测出来的结果会呈阴性。
The nurses said the hospital instructed staff to take samples from inside someone＇s throat， but send the samples to a lab run by Piedmont Hospital that only tests nasal swabs， knowing the results would turn out negative for COVID－19.
根据起诉文件的内容，“地标医院”故意给这些样本贴上错误的标签，对此前检测已呈阳性的病人的二次检测结果进行操纵。
有一名护士在采访中告诉媒体，当她按照程序正常操作时，却遭到了上级的报复。她说：“我做了检测，结果呈阳性，然后就因为未遵照医生的指令进行检测被解雇了。”
＂I did the test， and it did turn out positive and I was terminated for not having a doctor＇s order for a test，＂ the nurse said.
佐治亚州立大学公共卫生学院的一名副教授Harry Heiman称，对病人进行正确的检测至关重要，这样该州才能得到准确的新冠肺炎病例数。
他说，“故意把采自气管的拭子标注成鼻拭子将导致实验室不能采用正确的方法进行检测，并得不出准确的结果”。
＂So， intentionally taking a swab from the trachea and labeling it as coming from the nose will lead to it being handled improperly by the lab that＇s analyzing it and will not likely lead to accurate result，＂ Heiman said. |
