Antigen Test - what is it and how the test is done
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Find out where to get a Rapid Covid Test (Lateral Flow Test) in Calvi dell'Umbria. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Narnense, 1, 05032 Calvi dell'Umbria TR, Italia
Via Roma, 1, 05030 Otricoli TR, Italia
4.8 km
Via Luigi Angelini, 5, 02044 Forano RI, Italia
7.3 km
Vocabolo Vascigliano, 31, 05039 Stroncone TR, Italia
8.3 km
Viale Luigi Lanzi, 11, 05039 Stroncone TR, Italia
8.3 km
Via Tuderte, 177, 05035 Narni TR, Italia
8.6 km
Viale Quinto Granati, 24, 05100 Terni TR, Italia
11.8 km
Via Tuderte, 426, 05035 Narni TR, Italia
8.6 km
Via Aquila, 00060 Ponzano Romano RM, Italia
9.9 km
Via della Rocca, 16/1, 01028 Orte VT, Italia
10.1 km
Via Francesco Petrarca, 01033 Civita Castellana VT, Italia
11.1 km
With the increased risk of every other person developing the COVID-19 virus due to its increased prevalence, testing for Coronavirus has become the new normal. Thankfully, self-testing kits have...
Usually antigen tests/lateral flow tests do not require the prescription of a doctor in Italy. However, it is good to inform your doctor about the values of the results in order to enable it to assess whether or not there is the need to prescribe a possible molecular tests.
This test is less accurate than the gold standard PCR test; however, the test accuracy has shown to be higher when used by trained laboratory staff.
The PCR test may take too much time for the results to be conclusive. A lateral antibody test is less costly, faster and more sensitive to identifying the covid19 virus. It has been important for hospital workers, frontline workers, and caregivers in times of covid19.