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Combining tests at point of care dramatically increases COVID-19 detection in hospitalised patients – Medical Xpress
A Cambridge hospital has piloted the use of combined rapid point-of-care nucleic acid and antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection after researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that this approach was superior to virus detection alone for diagnosing…
A Cambridge hospital has piloted the use of combined rapid point-of-care nucleic acid and antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection after researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that this approach was superior to virus detection alone for diagnosing COVID-19 disease.
Point-of-care testingin other words, testing patients as soon as they arrive at the hospitalis essential for enabling healthcare workers to rapidly diagnose patients and direct those who test positive for infection to ded…
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