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Performance of the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Card test relative to the SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay among symptomatic and asymptomatic healthcare employees.

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Sensitivity of the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card test (BinaxNOW) was 51.6% among asymptomatic healthcare employees relative to rRT-PCR. Odds of a positive BinaxNOW test decreased as cycle threshold value increased.… Click to show full abstract

Sensitivity of the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card test (BinaxNOW) was 51.6% among asymptomatic healthcare employees relative to rRT-PCR. Odds of a positive BinaxNOW test decreased as cycle threshold value increased. BinaxNOW could facilitate rapid detection and isolation of asymptomatically infected persons in some settings while rRT-PCR results are pending.

Keywords: healthcare employees; card test; binaxnow covid; asymptomatic healthcare; test

Journal Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Year Published: 2021

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