Rapid COVID-19 testing: Speed, quality and cost. Can you have all three?

Clin Biochem. 2021 Sep:95:13-14. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2021.05.009. Epub 2021 May 26.

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IWK Health and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Electronic address: lori.beach@iwk.nshealth.ca.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre and The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratories Association and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Point-of-care testing (POCT); Quality management; SARS-CoV-2.