Abstract
The Abbott ID Now COVID-19 assay is a point-of-care molecular diagnostic tool for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. We prospectively monitored implementation of the assay in a tertiary care hospital emergency department (ED) for the diagnosis of early symptomatic patients. A total of 269 paired nasopharyngeal swabs were tested in parallel with the ID Now and laboratory-based molecular methodologies, 191 of which met selection criteria for testing based on symptoms description and duration. Forty-six and 48 samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 with the ID Now and reference molecular assays respectively. Percent positive and negative agreement were high (93.8% and 99.6% respectively), as were the sensitivity and specificity (93.8% and 99.5%). ID Now results were available 17.47 hours earlier than qRT-PCR. In symptomatic patients seen in ED within 7 to 10 days of symptoms onset, the ID Now COVID-19 assay allows for rapid and accurate detection of infection.
Keywords: ID Now; Rapid diagnostic; SARS-CoV-2.
【저자키워드】 SARS-CoV-2., ID NOW, Rapid diagnostic, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, hospital, qRT-PCR, Infection, diagnostic, Diagnosis, Symptom, emergency department, Nasopharyngeal swab, point-of-care, Symptomatic patients, Sensitivity and specificity, implementation, Rapid, molecular, Molecular assay, Care, criteria, Abbott, symptoms onset, positive, molecular assays, tested, symptomatic patient, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Care, Pragmatic, Implementation study,