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The journey of the COVID-19 swab from nostril to lab result
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The journey of the COVID-19 swab from nostril to lab result
Thursday 30 April 2020, 02:20 PM

From nostril to negative test result – what are the laboratory techniques used for testing whether a patient has COVID-19?
Southern Community Laboratories’ clinical microbiologists and scientists help answer New Zealand Doctor’s questions on the COVID-19 test process from swab to results, the reagent supply and whether flu testing is the same process
More than 125,000 COVID-19 tests have been completed across the country – on average 5000 a day in the past week.
So what is the journey of a swab
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