A new study from Pakistan suggests 'smart sample pooling' using population grouping with algorithms as a solution to the unavailability of test kits for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
Pooling of patient samples is commonly used in immunoassays and molecular diagnostics to increase testing capacity while reducing reagent costs for the analysis of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious ...
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new approach to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead of running them one by one, speeding ...
The new procedure will help to meet the high demand for testing in the mass coronavirus screening programmes needed in the early identification and isolation of asymptomatic individuals. The pooling ...
On July 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for sample pooling of specimens when using the SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR diagnostic test from Quest ...
The PerkinElmer New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit. PerkinElmer’s COVID-19 test kit has received a reissued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA enabling its use through sample ...
Laboratory supervisor Denise Bolton explained: “We adopted pooled testing in summer 2020, initially constructing the sample pools manually. However, the additional step complicated the workflow, ...
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow sample pooling ...