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Yes, it is RNA virus so it is an extra step that is not necessary in many other PCR based clinical tests.
by chromatin 7y ago
Yes, it is RNA virus so it is an extra step that is not necessary in many other PCR based clinical tests.
- heyitsguay 7y agoSure, I meant for the non-technical aspects that the previous poster mentioned - chain of custody, sample integrity.
- jfarlow 7y agoSo the process used in this testing is so common that research labs and any biochemistry lab in any college or high-school can run the test. But they probably shouldn't because they have no practice nor experience providing a diagnosis to a human - much less the strict statistical controls to interpret their results reliably. A clinical lab that is used to running these kinds of (very common) protocols will see no difference in this protocol from others they commonly run (from a chain of custody, sample integrity, etc. perspective), just with a slight change to their reagents to specifically test for COVID. Their handling should be no different.