Jambura Nursing Journal
Vol 5, No 1: January 2023

Results of Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Examination in Covid-19 Patients at Prof. Dr. H. Aloei Saboe City of Gorontalo

Nanang Roswita Paramata (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Winansih Gubali (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Rahma Yulia Adipu (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)



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31 Jan 2023

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 is still a concern throughout the world. WHO recommends the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method as the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to describe the results of the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) examination in COVID-19 patients at Prof. Dr. H. Aloe Saboe, City of Gorontalo. This research is a type of descriptive qualitative research with a retrospective approach. The population of this study were all suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients treated at Prof. Hospital. Dr. H. Aloe Saboe Gorontalo City in 2020-2021. The number of samples used was 344, using a purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used was medical record data. The results showed that the results of the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) examination in COVID-19 patients at Prof. Dr. H. Aloei Saboe Gorontalo City in 2020-2021 the results obtained were 221 people positive (64.2%) and as many as 123 people (35.8%) negative

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The Jambura Nursing Journal (JNJ) provides an open access facility for article content that is published with the principle of making research available for free to the public in order to support global scientific exchange. The scope of the articles published in this journal deal with a broad range ...