UW Study Finds Coronavirus Rapid Tests Are 'Far Less Sensitive'
UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 6:12 pm PT Replies(3) The BinaxNOW card-based COVID-19 antigen test comes with a nasal swab whose handle sticks out at right. (UW Medicine Virology Lab) SEATTLE — Coronavirus antigen tests can be useful at detecting certain infections, but are about 100 times less sensitive than traditional lab methods, according to new research from UW Medicine. In August, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the BinaxNOW rapid test designed by Abbott Laboratories. Unlike PCR tests, which must be processed in a lab, the antigen tests typica...