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July 21, 2020 03:29 pm
A COVID-19 test administered in Montana. | Photo by William Campbell / Getty Images
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21331783/covid-19-pooled-testing-fda-quest-backlog-dely-coronavirus
New COVID testing strategy could speed up backlogged labs
A COVID-19 test administered in Montana. | Photo by William Campbell / Getty Images
Samples scraped from the back of patients’ noses and throats can now be bundled together and tested for the coronavirus in groups in one of the country’s biggest commercial labs. Quest Diagnostics, which handles tens of thousands of coronavirus tests each day, received authorization for the method, called pooled testing, from the Food and Drug Administration over the weekend.
The strategy helps conserve resources by running multiple tests using the materials usually required for one. It could also help Quest avoid backlogs and move testing along more quickly. Right now, demand for testing is so high that it takes an average of seven days for Quest labs to get results to patients.
However, the strategy can’t clear all testing...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21331783/covid-19-pooled-testing-fda-quest-backlog-dely-coronavirus
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