People who test negative for COVID-19 using Abbott’s ID Now point-of-care test may need to confirm the result with a second test, a US Food and Drug Administration official said during a 20 May webinar.
COVID-19: FDA’s Stenzel Talks Abbott Test, Future Clearances In Call
Timothy Stenzel, director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health within the US agency's device center, offered an update on a controversial Abbott test and covered other issues during a COVID-19 developer webinar.
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