Table 2.
Performance of ID NOW compared with RT-PCR (nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab), using oropharyngeal swabs or combined oropharyngeal and nasal swabs for ID NOW testing.
|
Oropharyngeal swab (OPS) for ID NOW testing |
Combined oropharyngeal and nasal swab (O+NS) for ID NOW testing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment centre: Symptomatic |
Assessment centre: Symptomatic |
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| RT-PCR | RT-PCR | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 9833 | 315 | ID NOW | Positive | 335 | 18 |
| Negative | 800 | 59 931 | Negative | 28 | 3509 | ||
| Assessment centre: asymptomatic | Assessment centre: asymptomatic | ||||||
| RT-PCR | RT-PCR | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 768 | 73 | ID NOW | Positive | 35 | 5 |
| Negative | 140 | 9837 | Negative | 10 | 631 | ||
| Emergency shelters and addiction treatment facilities | Emergency shelters and addiction treatment facilities | ||||||
| RT-PCR | RT-PCR | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 62 | 8 | ID NOW | Positive | 3 | 0 |
| Negative | 19 | 1838 | Negative | 1 | 187 | ||
| Hospital | |||||||
| RT-PCR | |||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 2624 | 97 | ||||
| Negative | 308 | 13 895 | |||||
| Mobile: symptomatic | |||||||
| RT-PCR | |||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 529 | 22 | ||||
| Negative | 72 | 3601 | |||||
| Mobile: asymptomatic | |||||||
| RT-PCR | |||||||
| Positive | Negative | ||||||
| ID NOW | Positive | 365 | 78 | ||||
| Negative | 129 | 19 006 | |||||