Adding Throat Swab Specimen To Nasal Specimen Significantly Increased Sensitivity Of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests, Randomized Clinical Trial Finds

MedPage Today (12/6, Kahn) reports, “Adding a throat swab specimen to a nasal specimen significantly increased sensitivity of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, whether self-collected or collected by a healthcare worker, a randomized clinical trial showed.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.