Posts Tagged ‘pcr tests’
Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing Level: Laboratory Alert After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing…
Read MoreDr. Fauci Discusses PCR Cycle Threshold and junk positive results
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Read MoreFlorida Requires Labs to Report Cycle Threshold Value With Every COVID-19 Test
BY MEILING LEE December 7, 2020 Updated: December 7, 2020 The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) is mandating that all laboratories involved in COVID-19 testing report the cycle threshold value of every test performed. In a memo (pdf) dated Dec. 3, the department said, “All positive, negative and indeterminate COVID-19 laboratory results must be reported…
Read MoreNOT FOR DIAGNOSIS: Kary Mullis (Inventor of) Explains the PCR Test
Kary Mullis, inventor of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique, answers questions on what PCR is, and how it’s used. Filmed sometime in the 1990’s. Please enable JavaScriptplay-sharp-fill LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed.
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Coronavirus kits slammed as ‘dirty game’ after pawpaw ‘tested positive’
Alex Chapman • Published: Monday, 4 May 2020 9:36 AM AEST A pawpaw and a goat have tested positive for coronavirus in Tanzania, according to its president. President John Magufuli has slammed imported testing kits as a “dirty game” and accused laboratories of lacking credibility. “The equipment or people may be compromised and sometimes it…
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