Table 2.
Comparison of performance of Rapid Antigen Test with Oral Swab in symptomatic individuals: HCW versus self-collection.
| RT-PCR | RT-PCR | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral RAT | Positive | Negative | Oral RAT | Positive | Negative | ||||
| (HCW collection) | Positive | 30 | 2 |
Sensitivity: 63.8% Specificity: 96.8% |
(Self-collection) | Positive | 20 | 1 |
Sensitivity: 62.5% Specificity: 96.7% |
| Negative | 17 | 60 | Negative | 12 | 30 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 62 | Total | 32 | 31 | ||||
RAT Rapid antigen test, RT-PCR Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, HCW Health care worker.