The ID NOW test for the coronavirus generated widespread excitement because it can produce results in less than 15 minutes -- but new research found it also missed 15% of infections. The manufacturer argues the study's methodology was flawed.
"So that means if you had 100 patients that were positive, 15% of those patients would be falsely called negative. They'd be told that they're negative for COVID when they're really positive," Procop told NPR in an interview."That's not too good.
"When a direct swab is used, the test is performing as expected," according to the company statement. "We feel that the test is very accurate because we're using it the way it's supposed to be used" by placing samples directly into the machine, said Dr. Warren Wollin, senior medical director at"So many patients come in and have so much anxiety because they have minor symptoms. And to be able to tell them right away gives them such relief," Wollin said.
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