Covid 19 Test Results Explained - Covid-19 Realtime Info
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Covid 19 test results explained. Fact sheet for patients. Page 1 of 3 fact sheet for patients. This testing was being done because your healthcare. Understanding antibody testing for covid 19.
Covid 19 positive sars cov 2 rna detected test result. Covid 19 iggigm rapid test. Understanding results from the covid 19 iggigm rapid test results. Whether you tested negative or positive for covid 19 find your next steps here to feel better faster.
Covid 19 antibody tests can tell you if you have had a previous infection but with varying degrees of accuracy. If you have symptoms including fever cough or shortness of breath you can schedule a covid 19 pcr test online. The covid 19 pcr test uses a nasopharyngeal swab to test your nasal secretions for traces of covid 19. An important next step in diagnosing covid 19 is serology tests also called antibody tests which can help tell if someone has been previously infected.
Understanding your covid 19 test results. But the following discussion is helpful in linking the binary results of the typical antibody test to clinical meaning and making informed recommendations for patients and the workforce. Your test results could not be interpreted as positive or negative. If you have had a significant exposure to a case of covid 19 you will be considered a presumptive case of covid 19 and asked by public health to stay at home for 10 days regardless of negative results.
The molecular tests use an upper respiratory tract swab to collect a mucus sample. As discussed earlier igm antibodies are produced in the short term after infection whereas igg are produced. The test delivers results in 13 minutes or less. You are being given this fact sheet because your blood has been tested for evidence of sars cov 2 virus infection.
If you have tested positive. Youll get a text or email when your result is ready. Our id now system can also use a throat swab. The most common reasons for equivocal results are presence of an immune response but unclear if against the infection being tested for covid 19 in this case or similar infections the common cold is a type of coronavirus.
Some results might take longer but you should get them in 72 hours. Most people get their test results the day after taking the test. A positive covid 19 test means you currently have or recently had the virus. After you receive your coronavirus test results youll need to know what to do next.