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 Scandicci. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via del Ponte a Greve, 2, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
Via Aleardo Aleardi, 2, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
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Via Giuseppe Pestalozzi, 8, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
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Via Giotto, 65, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
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Via Pisana, 321, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
Via della Pace Mondiale, 86, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
Via di San Rocco, 20, 50145 Firenze FI, Italia
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Via di San Rocco, 60, 50145 Firenze FI, Italia
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Via Pratese, 81A, 50145 Firenze FI, Italia
3.8 km
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Via di San Francesco di Paola, 5F, 50124 Firenze FI, Italia
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Via di San Francesco di Paola, 1, 50124 Firenze FI, Italia
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Via Caduti di Cefalonia, 20, 50127 Firenze FI, Italia
3.8 km
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Via Francesco Baracca, 28, 50127 Firenze FI, Italia
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Via delle Molina, 56, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italia
4.8 km
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Via Pratese, 112, 50145 Firenze FI, Italia
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Borgo San Frediano, 155, 50124 Firenze FI, Italia
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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.