Self swab coronavirus test cvs accuracy. Cvs health is opening three local drive thru test sites on friday where individuals can swab themselves for covid 19 from the privacy of their car. Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the covid 19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker according to a small study by researchers at the stanford university school of medicine. Because this is a self swab test kit im both the patient and health care worker with a.
Coronavirus outbreak new self swab covid 19 test is just as accurate study finds. In cvs healths case the new sites will use self swab tests as part of a newer phase of testing by. But then again doctors say no test is ever 100 accurate.
The new study found that self administered swab samples taken from the lower nasal passage delivered over 90 percent accuracy compared to standard tests that reached into the nasopharynx where. A medical professional will give them. The study under peer review was led by an everett clinic doctor.
Not every cvs pharmacy has covid 19 testing available but luckily a location near my house is. Cvs to open 1000 self swab coronavirus test locations. Wbko when you go get a covid test you will either be swabbed or you will have to do it yourself.
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