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Since four new community cases were confirmed in Auckland on 11 August, Labtests has been inundated with COVID-19 tests. New Zealand Doctor | Rata Aotearoa journalists visited on 20 August. General manager Chris Davey, medical director Gary McAuliffe and Susan Smith, head of department of microbiology and molecular talked to Zahra Shahtahmasebi about meeting this demand and what their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has been like. Visuals by Simon Maude
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
