Rapid testing should be considered but it's not as accurate as the test we currently use, Hiqa says

File photo. Test tubes with throat swab samples for the Covid-19 Rapid Antigen test. Image: Naveen Sharma SIPA USA/PA Images File photo. Test tubes with throat swab samples for the Covid-19 Rapid Antigen test. Image: Naveen Sharma SIPA USA/PA Images CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE given to the use of a system of rapid testing for Covid-19 but such antigen tests typically show “reduced diagnostic accuracy” compared with the current test, the Health Information and Quality Authority has said.

It comes at a time when significant pressure has been put on the contact tracing system, with in excess of 110,000 tests completed in the last week in Ireland. In its review, Hiqa said that it would be vital to study how effective rapid antigen detection tests are in an Irish setting to help determine its “real world performance”.

Dr Máirín Ryan, Hiqa’s director of health technology assessment, said: “While testing people at or near the point of care, including with the use of rapid antigen detection tests, has the potential to expand test capacity, reduce test turnaround times and improve access, such tests typically show reduced diagnostic accuracy compared with the current test.

When a goat, engine oil, and a Pawpaw fruit etc. test positive for Covid-19 and the media turn a blind eye somethings seriously wrong?

alankellylabour However, you have NPHET continuing to present a road-block to rapid testing. Stop NPHET becoming an advotace body for its own recomendations which are supposed to be by way of advice to Government.

Hydroxychloroquine is effective for COVID-19 when used early: analysis of 115 studies. The probability that an ineffective treatment generated results as positive as the 115 studies to date is estimated to be 1 in 20 million (p = 0.000000049). HCQ115

Antigen testing is a no-brainer. If you get a positive result, you are definitely positive. Issue around false negatives can be dealt with by medical professionals referring negatives they are concerned about for PCR test.

The new fools gold standard.

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