Table 5.

List of cartridge-based molecular test for detection of COVID-19.

Manufacturer	Test kit	Diagnostic equipment	Instrument throughput	Separate Viral RNA extraction required?	COVID 19 viral gene targets	Test per kit	Time to results
Moderate Complexity and available to Hospital Laboratories
BioFire	BioFire COVID-19 Test	1) Film Array 2.0 2) FilmArray Torch	Low	No	3	6-test kit or 30-test kit	0.83 h
GenMarkDx	ePlex SARSCoV-2 Test	GenMarkePlex	Low	No	Not disclosed	12 Tests	2 h
DiaSorin Molecular	Simplexa COVID-19 Direct	LIAISON MDx	Low	No	2	24 Tests	1.5 h
Roche Molecular	cobas SARSCoV-2	Options: 1) cobas 6800 2) cobas 8800	High	No	2	192 Tests	3.5 h
Qiagen	Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel	QIAstat-Dx	Low	No	2	6 tests	1.10 h
BD	BioGX SARSCoV-2 Reagent	BD Max	Low to Moderate	No	2	24tests	3 h
Luminex	ARIES SARSCoV-2	Luminex ARIES M2 or M1	Low	No	2	24tests	2 h
Moderate Complexity available to Out patientClinics and Hospital Laboratories
Mesa Biotech	Accula SARSCov-2 Test	Options: 1) Accula Dock 2) Silaris Dock	Low	No	1	25 Tests	0.5 h
Cepheid	Xpert Xpress SARS-COV-2 test	Options: 1) GeneXpertDx 2) GeneXpert Infinity 3) GeneXpert Xpress II (POC) 4) GeneXpert Xpress IV (POC)	Low to High	No	2	10 Tests	0.75 h
Abbott Diagnostics	ID NOW COVID-19	ID NOW	Low	No	1	24 Tests	0.25 h
High Complexity with Full Walk-away Automation
Hologic	Panther Fusion SARS-COV-2	Panther System + Fusion Module	Moderate to High	No	2	96 Test	2.5 h
NeuMoDx	NeuMoDx SARS-CoV-2 Assay	Options: 1) NeuMoDx 96 2) NeuMoDx 288	Moderate to High	No	2	96 Test	1.5 h