October 16, 2020

Capillary Whole-Blood IgG-IgM COVID-19 Self-Test as a Serological Screening Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Adapted to the General Public

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): testing

Observations from a cross-sectional, general adult population pilot study in France indicated high practicability and satisfaction of SARS-CoV-2 IgG-IgM self-testing using the Exacto COVID-19 self-test. The study used a variety of questionnaires to determine if participants could both use the test and interpret its results correctly. All 167 participants correctly used the self-test, although 12 asked for verbal help. The agreement between the results interpreted by the participants and the expected results was 99%. All participants reported that performing the COVID-19 self-test was easy, and 99% found the interpretation of the self-test results easy. 

Tonen-Wolyec et al. (Oct 15, 2020). Capillary Whole-Blood IgG-IgM COVID-19 Self-Test as a Serological Screening Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Adapted to the General Public. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240779