Extended storage of SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal swabs does not negatively impact results of molecular-based testing across three clinical platforms

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With the global outbreak of COVID-19, the demand for testing rapidly increased and quickly exceeded the testing capacities of many laboratories. Clinical tests which receive CE (Conformité Européenne) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorisations cannot always be tested thoroughly in a real-world environment. Here we demonstrate the long-term stability of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing across three assays recently approved by the US FDA under Emergency Use Authorization. This study demonstrates that nasopharyngeal swab specimens can be stored under refrigeration or even ambient conditions for 21 days without clinically impacting the results of the real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR testing.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical pathology - 75(2022), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 61-64

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Skalina, Karin A [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, D Y [VerfasserIn]
Sulail, Jaffar [VerfasserIn]
Hahm, Eunkyu [VerfasserIn]
Narlieva, Momka [VerfasserIn]
Szymczak, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Amy S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hospital
Journal Article
Microbiology
Pathology department
Polymerase chain reaction
Virology

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Date Completed 12.01.2022

Date Revised 12.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206738

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317126164