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 Monopoli. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Lepanto, 59, 70043 Monopoli BA, Italia
Via Vecchia San Francesco da Paola, 22, 70043 Monopoli BA, Italia
Contrada Chiesa Nuova, 70044 Polignano a Mare BA, Italia
5.1 km
Via Papa Pio XII, 53, 70013 Castellana Grotte BA, Italia
8.4 km
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 19, 70014 Conversano BA, Italia
9.8 km
Corso Umberto, 29, 70042 Mola di Bari BA, Italia
13.7 km
Via Tommaso Fiore, 70015 Noci BA, Italia
14.4 km
Via Noci, 11, 70010 Turi BA, Italia
15 km
Strada Comunale Femmina Morta Gravina, 7, 72014 Cisternino BR, Italia
16.1 km
Via Dottor Domenico Resta, 20, 70010 Turi BA, Italia
15 km
Piazza John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1/D, 70018 Rutigliano BA, Italia
15.9 km
Unverified
Via Rito Selvaggi, 24, 70016 Noicattaro BA, Italia
17.5 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.