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 Massa e Cozzile. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via 1 Maggio, 25, 51010 Massa e Cozzile PT, Italia
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Via Biscolla, 48, 51010 Massa e Cozzile PT, Italia
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Via Belvedere, 6, 51010 Massa e Cozzile PT, Italia
Via Della Salute 1, 51016 Montecatini-Terme Pistoia, Italy
2.3 km
Viale Europa, 20, 51017 Pescia PT, Italia
2.8 km
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Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 83, 51017 Pescia PT, Italia
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Via Mezzomiglio, 20, 51018 Pieve a Nievole PT, Italia
3.3 km
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Via degli Alberghi, 61, 51017 Pescia PT, Italia
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Via Buggianese, 108, 51019 Ponte Buggianese PT, Italia
4.6 km
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Via Francesca Nord, 556, 51015 Monsummano Terme PT, Italia
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Piazza Giuseppe Giusti, 61, 51015 Monsummano Terme PT, Italia
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Via Giacomo Matteotti, 35, 51015 Monsummano Terme PT, Italia
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Via Giacomo Matteotti, 34, 51019 Ponte Buggianese PT, 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.