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 Castellana Grotte. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Papa Pio XII, 53, 70013 Castellana Grotte BA, Italia
Contrada Chiesa Nuova, 70044 Polignano a Mare BA, Italia
8 km
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 19, 70014 Conversano BA, Italia
6.4 km
Via Tommaso Fiore, 70015 Noci BA, Italia
6.5 km
Via Noci, 11, 70010 Turi BA, Italia
8.2 km
Via Dottor Domenico Resta, 20, 70010 Turi BA, Italia
8.2 km
Via Lepanto, 59, 70043 Monopoli BA, Italia
8.4 km
Via Vecchia San Francesco da Paola, 22, 70043 Monopoli BA, Italia
8.4 km
Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1/D, 70018 Rutigliano BA, Italia
12.2 km
Unverified
Corso Umberto, 29, 70042 Mola di Bari BA, Italia
13.2 km
Via Rito Selvaggi, 24, 70016 Noicattaro BA, Italia
14.2 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.