Antigen Test - what is it and how the test is done
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Antigen Test in Cascia
Find out where to get a Rapid Covid Test (Lateral Flow Test) in Cascia. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Antigen Test by Farmacia Santa Rita Dottoressa Antonini Morena
Cascia, Umbria, Italia
Antigen Test by Farmacia Monteleone Di Spoleto Dr.ssa Tacconi
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 16, 06045 Monteleone di Spoleto PG, Italia
5.6 km
Rapid Covid Test by Farmacia San Benedetto Dott. Gianfranco Rossi
Via San Giovanni, 06046 Norcia PG, Italia
6.5 km
Antigen Test by Farmacia Fumo
Scheggino, Umbria, Italia
9.2 km
Antigen Test by Farmacia Giampaoli dei Dottori Paolo e Maria Cristina Giampaoli Snc
Corso San Giuseppe da Leonessa, 121, 02016 Leonessa RI, Italia
11.1 km
Antigen Test by Farmacia Dr.Elisabetta Cascelli
Via della Vittoria, 47, 05034 Ferentillo TR, Italia
13.2 km
Antigen Test by Farmacia Flaminia
Via Flaminia, 169, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italia
14 km
Rapid Covid Test by Farmacia Dott.Marchese Snc
Via Filippo Brignone, 7, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italia
14 km
Antigen Test by Premiata Farmacia Amici
Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italia
14 km
Rapid Covid Test by Farmacia Betti - Valore Salute
Via Trento e Trieste, 63, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italia
14 km
Antigen Test by Farmacia Scoccianti
Viale Guglielmo Marconi, 250, 06049 Spoleto PG, Italia
14 km
Common conditions covered by a Lateral Flow Test
Rapid Covid Test FAQs
Unlike PCR tests that require sending swabs to a specialised laboratory, the rapid tests (also called antigens) can return results without being sent to a specialised structure. Some tests provide results even while waiting in less than fifteen minutes. These tests are also known as lateral flow method or fluorescence.
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.