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Doctors Hospital of Sarasota showed off its latest tool for screening visitors for COVID-19 at a press conference Wednesday. Meet Buffy, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever from Southeastern Guide Dogs.
Laska Parrow, a trainer from Southeastern Guide Dogs, began training Buffy last July and has been at Doctors Hospital since the end of March.
According to Parrow, the guide dogs in training typically rely primarily on their vision. Buffy tended to use her nose more than her canine peers, so she was selected for a scent detection study.
Dogs in the scent training program are taught to signal when they detect changes in a person’s immune system. In training, the dogs are approximately 95% effective at detecting COVID-19 in a person.
COVID-19 detection dog helps screen visitors at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Dog detecting COVID-19 at hospital
and last updated 2021-04-28 23:25:26-04
SARASOTA, Fla. â Doctors Hospital of Sarasota had the first COVID-19 patient in the state, and now they have a new way to help detect the virus thanks to a COVID-19 sniffing dog.
Buffy, the two-year-old yellow lab, is trained to sniff out COVID-19.
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota training video
After hospital visitors go through the temperature check and initial COVID screening questions, Buffy sniffs the visitor. If she detects COVID-19 she will lay down.
Just last week buffy detected her first positive visitor who immediately took a rapid test and learned they did have COVID.
COVID-19 detection dog helps screen visitors at Florida hospital
Dog detecting COVID-19 at hospital
By: WFTS Staff
and last updated 2021-04-28 23:47:13-04
SARASOTA, Fla. (WFTS) Doctors Hospital of Sarasota had the first COVID-19 patient in the state, and now they have a new way to help detect the virus thanks to a COVID-19 sniffing dog.
Buffy, the two-year-old yellow lab, is trained to sniff out COVID-19.
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota training video
After hospital visitors go through the temperature check and initial COVID screening questions, Buffy sniffs the visitor. If she detects COVID-19 she will lay down.
Just last week buffy detected her first positive visitor who immediately took a rapid test and learned they did have COVID.
COVID-19-sniffing dog adds extra layer of protection at Sarasota hospitalÂ
Kimberly Kuizon reports
SARASOTA, Fla. - COVID-19 screenings have become a regular practice at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota. Now there s an extra tool to help detect the virus. It comes with four legs, a wagging tail and a sensor-packed nose. She loves to smell and sniff things so we just honed in on that unique talent that she has, Laska Parrow, a certified service dog trainer with Southeastern Guide Dogs, explained.
Buffy is a two-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. She trained for nine months with Southeastern Guide Dogs. We trained on many different patients, positive and negative for COVID, said Parrow.