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Abbott Corona 19 Diagnostic Kit, test results in 5 to 13 minutes
The US FDA approves emergency use in late March … Also used in the White House
New York University Research Team “Abbott Diagnostic Kit Error Check”
Abbott Refutes “Only 0.02% Of Missing Infected People”
While the White House in the USA USA She suffered an emergency after being drilled by Corona 19, a study found that the diagnostic kit used at the White House was less than 50% accurate.
If the errors in the diagnostic kit that President Trump praised and promoted are confirmed to be true, great confusion and turmoil is expected.
Reporter Kim Hyung-geun on the sidewalk.
[기자]Corona 19 diagnostic kit manufactured by Abbott.
Samples of the nose or throat are taken with a cotton swab for analysis, and the results can be confirmed in 5 to 13 minutes.
President Trump has praised the diagnostic kit for being fast and accurate and has promoted it himself.
[도널드 트럼프 / 미국 대통령 (3월 31일) : 앞으로는 검사가 훨씬 빨라질 겁니다. 우리는 애버트사의 ‘5분 진단키트’를 가지고 있습니다. 아주 정확합니다.]The Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of this diagnostic kit in late March and is currently using it at the White House.
It is also known to have supplied more than 1 million to hospitals and clinics.
However, research has shown that there is a serious error in this diagnostic kit, which is causing a wave.
A team at New York University directly compared the performance of the Abbott Diagnostic Kit to another company’s Cepheid Diagnostic Kit.
When the sample collected from the nose was dried and examined first, 48% of the samples that the Cepheid Diagnostic Kit determined to be positive were determined to be negative for the Abbott Diagnostic Kit.
When the sample was transferred to the solution and analyzed, one third of the samples positively determined by the Cepheid diagnostic kit were negative for the Abbott diagnostic kit.
Based on this, the researchers noted that they are concerned about its suitability as a team to diagnose symptomatic patients.
Abbott has contested that the rate at which his diagnostic kit has not detected infected patients is only 0.02%.
The White House did not respond to comment.
The results of this study have not yet been evaluated by academic colleagues.
However, if mistakes are confirmed, confusion is inevitable, such as re-examining people who have been tried with the Abbott Diagnostic Kit.
There may also be a spark in President Trump’s aggressive promotion of the use of this diagnostic kit.
This is YTN Kim Hyung-geun.
