Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Thermo Fisher Corona Virus Tests No Good
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that a coronavirus test kit may return 'inaccurate results.'
Health officials said on Monday
there are two issues with the TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit produced by
laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Firstly, the test, which detects
the virus in respiratory samples, has had numerous complaints of false
positive results due to not mixing specimen well enough.
Secondly, the software that
clinicians use to the run the test is out-of-date causing results to
come back as either false or inconclusive.
It comes on the heels of reports of more than 100 tests used in Connecticut and Kentucky revealed to be false positives.
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Labels: Corona virus, False Negatives, False Positives, Tests, Thermo Fisher
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