Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
September 18, 2020
Assessing a Novel, Lab-Free, Point-of-Care Test for SARS-CoV-2 (CovidNudge): A Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Testing and Treatment
Keywords (Tags): testing
- The CovidNudge test, a rapid point-of-care real-time PCR test requiring no laboratory handling or sample pre-processing, had an overall sensitivity and specificity of 94% (95% CI: 86-98%) and 100% (95% CI: 99-100%), respectively, when compared against standard laboratory PCR in paired samples (n=386) from health workers and hospitalized patients.
Gibani et al. (Sept 17, 2020). Assessing a Novel, Lab-Free, Point-of-Care Test for SARS-CoV-2 (CovidNudge): A Diagnostic Accuracy Study. The Lancet Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30121-X