Not according to a new study that suggests testing patients who are still in diapers.
Doctors check both recent and remote memory in testing patients for Alzheimer's.
"There is constant feedback between clinicians who are testing patients and scientists who are working on basic pathways," added Senis.
In fact, some hospitals have said, they are no longer testing patients for the flu, because the number have become so overwhelming.
The first international diagnostics unit to arrive in Guinea began testing patients in March 2014, within a week of Ebola being confirmed.
Medtronic sought approval in November to begin testing patients with its Endeavor stent, a tiny mesh tube used to prop open heart arteries.
Doctors testing patients for prostate cancer can significantly increase the number of cases they spot by taking more tissue samples, a recent study found.
Ms. Hutton said that the clinic was ordered to begin sending its patients to other clinics immediately while the Health Department began testing patients for signs of infection.
The company recommends testing patients' kidney function before prescribing Pradaxa and notes that the risk of bleeding increases with age.
The program was established last year, said Ms. Gebhardt, soon after the State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services published a report on hepatitis C, recommending that drug treatment centers begin testing patients.
The apparent jump in dual cases is not because of a leap in infections but because African countries are doing a better job of testing patients for both diseases.
