Table 1.

Patient characteristics (N=133)

Characteristic	N (%)
Male gender	49 (36.8 %)
Mean age in years (median, range)	42.9 (40.4, 19.0–92.7)
Inpatient/hospitalized at time of collection	12 (9.0 %)
ID NOW throat swab collected first	103 (77.4%)
Mean time from sample collection to ID NOW testing (median, range)	54.8 min (54, 20–233 min)
Samples tested on ID NOW within 1 h of collection	83 (62.4 %)
Mean time from starting ID NOW test to confirming positive result (median, range) (N=106)	2.4 min (2, 1–8 min)
Mean duration of symptoms from collection date (median, range)	6.9 days (7, 1–17 days)
Individuals with symptom duration ≤7 days from collection date	100 (75.2 %)
Individuals with symptom duration ≤7 days and ID NOW test conducted within 1 h from collection	62 (46.6 %)