tl;dr
Valued Colleagues,
- RTFM. Read the fine manual.
- Positive COVID PCR test is not an indication of Corona Virus Disease.
- Weak positive results where the patient has no symptom but the PCR test is positive for COVID is invalid. Get a new specimen and test again.
- (Honestly, I am not bullshitting here...) Disease prevalence alters the predictive value of test resutls.
- The probability that a person who tests positive is truly infected falls as prevalence of disease falls.
- PCR tests do not diagnose disease - they are a diagnostic aid for a doctor to make a medical diagnosis
- Read the manual.
- If you don't understand the manual, read it more.
- if you still don't understand, ask for help
- (Big one here: ) Communicate the Ct value (cycle threshold) in the report. I think before this you had to make sure your doctor asked for it.
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