LATERAL flow tests are being used as part of a coronavirus testing pilot in Liverpool, so what is a lateral flow test?

LATERAL flow tests are being used as part of a coronavirus testing pilot in Liverpool, so what is a lateral flow test?

Before 2020, the words “lateral flow” meant little to anyone outside the scientific community. When talking to people unfamiliar with lateral flow, those working with the technology would often have ...

Other members of the public must purchase lateral flow test kits if they wish to test at home. But how accurate are these at-home tests in determining whether or not you have Covid?

“A Cochrane review of 64 studies found that lateral flow tests correctly identify 72 per cent of infected people who have symptoms, and 78 per cent within the first week of becoming ill,” GP Dr Gary ...

How to take a lateral flow test Latest figures show that around 3.8m people in the UK, approximately one in 17, has Covid.

How accurate are they? A number of different lateral flow tests have been put forward to be tested by Public Health England and the University of Oxford, and their accuracy has varied in testing. The ...

How to do a lateral flow test Before you take the test, you should blow your nose and wash your hands thoroughly.

What is a Covid lateral flow test? A Covid lateral flow test uses a swab from a patient's nose or throat to quickly determine if they are infected with coronavirus.

Lateral flow: The result of a lateral flow test has to be reported, even if it is negative. You cannot report a result after more than 24 hours and can only report one result at a time.

The global lateral flow assay test market is experiencing a significant transformation in the healthcare industry, offering a simple yet effective method for detecting various analytes in samples ...