This test is made for use at the point of care, apparently all the operater has to do is insert a swab into a cartridge and put it into the device. [0] Comparin

This test is made for use at the point of care, apparently all the operater has to do is insert a swab into a cartridge and put it into the device. [0] Comparing the throughput to fully automated systems used in testing labs [1] (look at this beast!) or qPCR machines in research labs [2] is missing the point, those require high investment or skilled staff. A test that can be run quickly by any doctor would be very useful to rapidly detect new outbreaks in the time following the current lockdowns. However I suspect that the downside of this device will be the high cost of consumables, as is common for microarray biochip based devices. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgW2pYmzcco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgW2pYmzcco [1] https://diagnostics.roche.com/us/en/products/systems/cobas-8800-system.html https://diagnostics.roche.com/us/en/products/systems/cobas-8... [2] https://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/product/cfx96-touch-real-time-pcr-detection-system?ID=LJB1YU15 https://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/product/cfx96-touch-real-time-...