Real-world deployment of lateral flow SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection in the emergency department to provide rapid, accurate and safe diagnosis of COVID-19

• Main Authors: B. Merrick (Author), M. Noronha (Author), R. Batra (Author), S. Douthwaite (Author), G. Nebbia (Author), L.B. Snell (Author), S. Pickering (Author), R.P. Galao (Author), J. Whitfield (Author), A. Jahangeer (Author), R. Gunawardena (Author), T. Godfrey (Author), R. Laifa (Author), K. Webber (Author), P.R. Cliff (Author), E. Cunningham (Author), S.J.D. Neil (Author), H. Gettings (Author), J.D. Edgeworth (Author), H.L. Harrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Point-of-care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 lateral-flow antigen detection (LFD) testing in the emergency department (ED) could inform rapid infection control decisions but requirements for safe deployment have not been fully defined Methods: Review of LFD test results, laboratory and POC-RT...