Experience With False-Positive Test Results on the TaqPath Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing Platform

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 Mar 1;145(3):259-261. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0612-LE.

Authors

Leo Lin¹, John Carlquist^{2

3}, Will Sinclair³, Tara Hall³, Bert K Lopansri^{3

4}, Sterling T Bennett^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City.
² Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Healthcare Central Laboratory, Murray, Utah.
³ Department of Molecular Pathology, Intermountain Healthcare Central Laboratory, Murray, Utah.
⁴ Infectious Diseases, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah.
⁵ Pathology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah.
⁶ Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

PMID: 33237991
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0612-LE

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Testing / methods*
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
False Positive Reactions
Humans
Pathology, Molecular / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics*
SARS-CoV-2 / physiology
Sensitivity and Specificity