PKI - PerkinElmer's COVID-19 test gets emergency use nod for sample pooling

PerkinElmer (PKI) announces emergency use authorization to allow sample pooling with its New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit, and help increase the number of individuals who can be tested without increasing resources.The real-time RT-PCR test intended for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in human oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, and anterior nasal swab samples. It has the ability to detect low amounts of viral genetic material.If a pooled test is negative, all the individual samples are considered negative. If the pooled test is positive, each of the individual samples in that pool should be tested again separately to determine which of the samples are positive.

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PerkinElmer's COVID-19 test gets emergency use nod for sample pooling