Journal of clinical laboratory analysis
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J. Clin. Lab. Anal. · Aug 2021
Diagnostic performance of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay in the clinical routine of a tertiary care hospital: Preliminary results from a single-center evaluation.
This report describes a manufacturer-independent evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay from Roche Diagnostics in a tertiary care setting. ⋯ The Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay has a low sensitivity for detecting SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs. Hence, we decided to not use this assay in the clinical routine of our hospital.