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Ranking 7 at-home COVID-19 tests for patients
Know which at-home COVID-19 tests to recommend to your patients.
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As the Omicron Variant continues to exacerbate the COVID-19 pandemic, at-home testing for the disease has taken on a new importance.
Patients, unfamiliar with the various manufacturers and styles, may be overwhelmed when faced with choosing which test would be best for them. A recent report from US patient safety organization ECRI found what it describes as "gaps in usability" among seven commercially available at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits.
We are providing their rankings of the seven tests. Ranking results presented in ECRI's report,
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