Feedback on the Implementation of a Rapid and Connectable Point-of-Care COVID-19 Antigen Test in an Emergency Department
Caroline Coulon,
Anne-Sophie Bargnoux,
Océane Jourdan,
Vincent Foulongne,
Anne-Marie Mondain,
Anne-Marie Dupuy,
Mustapha Sebbane,
Jean-Paul Cristol
Affiliations
Caroline Coulon
Department of Biochemistry and Hormonology, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Anne-Sophie Bargnoux
Department of Biochemistry and Hormonology, University Hospital of Montpellier, PhyMedExp, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Océane Jourdan
Department of Biochemistry and Hormonology, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Vincent Foulongne
Department of Virology, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Anne-Marie Mondain
Department of Virology, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Anne-Marie Dupuy
Department of Biochemistry and Hormonology, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Mustapha Sebbane
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Jean-Paul Cristol
Department of Biochemistry and Hormonology, University Hospital of Montpellier, PhyMedExp, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
Faced with the pandemic viral circulation of SARS-CoV-2, healthcare establishments have had to maintain an effective screening strategy in order to prevent nosocomial clusters. Automated antigenic tests appear to be a reliable and complementary alternative to RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction) in order to optimize patient care in the emergency department. We report our experience of the deployment of the LumiraDx antigen tests on the LumiraDx platform, as well as the comparison of these tests’ results with the RT-PCR results on a population of patients sampled in the emergency department.
