FDA says Abbott’s 5-minute Covid-19 test may miss infected patients
The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that the Abbott ID Now rapid test for Covid-19 — touted by the White House and widely used nationally — may return false negative results, meaning it can incorrectly indicate that patients who are infected with the novel coronavirus are not.
“We are still evaluating the information about inaccurate results and are in direct communications with Abbott about this important issue,” Tim Stenzel, director of the FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, said in a statement. “We will continue to study the data available and are working with the company to create additional mechanisms for studying the test.”
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