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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***WARNING:*** Ask For PCR Test For CV19, Abbot Lab Test Are Inaccurate
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-informs-public-about-possible-accuracy-concerns-abbott-id-now-point#:~:text=Today%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Food%20and,may%20return%20false%20negative%20results.This is from May
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public to early data that suggest potential inaccurate results from using the Abbott ID NOW point-of-care test to diagnose COVID-19. Specifically, the test may return false negative results.
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***WARNING:*** Ask For PCR Test For CV19, Abbot Lab Test Are Inaccurate (Original Post)
uponit7771
Aug 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. K&R!
Ty!
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)2. That is what the White House uses isn't it?
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)3. Yes, this is my understanding.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,851 posts)4. It's my understanding that a lot of the tests out there
have high negative and/or high positive rates. To the point that it seems many of them are essentially worthless.