Occupation Atlascovid tester
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c56bb750-db0b-487b-89f4-82dee6dcab09
covid tester
Covid testers perform Covid tests through nasal or throat swabs. They complement the sample information with health-related questions they ask the individuals, and input the data collected into digital devices.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- collect biological samples from patients
- communicable diseases
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health records management
- hygiene in a health care setting
- implement data quality processes
- infection control
- interact with healthcare users
- interview people
- label samples
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- perform PCR covid test
- preserve samples
- prevent communicable diseases' outbreaks
- sterilization techniques
- use electronic health records management system
- wear appropriate protective gear
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