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 Orvieto. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Piazza Olona, 22, 05018 Orvieto TR, Italia
Corso Camillo Benso di Cavour, 68, 05018 Orvieto TR, Italia
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Via Monte Nibbio, 16, 05018 Orvieto TR, Italia
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 5, 05010 Porano TR, Italia
2.2 km
Largo Michelangelo Buonarroti, 05011 Allerona TR, Italia
9.4 km
Via Amelia, 16, 05023 Baschi TR, Italia
6.4 km
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 73, 05013 Castel Giorgio TR, Italia
6.6 km
Corso Rinascita, 37, 05016 Ficulle TR, Italia
8.4 km
Via della Selciata, 11, 05020 Montecchio TR, Italia
9.9 km
Via 20 Settembre, 1, 05010 Parrano TR, Italia
10 km
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 15, 05015 Fabro TR, Italia
11.1 km
Via Aldo Moro, 9, 05025 Guardea TR, Italia
11.6 km
Via della Maestà, 27, 05023 Baschi TR, Italia
6.4 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.