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 Renate. Compare details and costs for an Antigen Test from the best labs in Italy.
Via Roma, 16, 20838 Renate MB, Italia
Via 4 Novembre, 7, 23891 Barzanò LC, Italia
1.8 km
Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 1, 23880 Casatenovo LC, Italia
2.2 km
Via E. Vismara, 2, 23880 Casatenovo LC, Italia
2.2 km
Via San Carlo, 18, 23846 Garbagnate Monastero LC, Italia
3.5 km
Via Monte San Michele, 3, 20833 Giussano MB, Italia
4.4 km
Via General Cantore, 56, 22044 Inverigo CO, Italia
3.4 km
Via Nazario Sauro, 12, 23845 Costa Masnaga LC, Italia
3.3 km
Via Roma, 78, 22040 Lurago d'Erba CO, Italia
3.6 km
Via Santa Maria Maddalena, 13, 22060 Arosio CO, Italia
3.7 km
Unverified
Via Monte Santo, 5, 22044 Inverigo CO, Italia
3.4 km
Unverified
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.