Efficiency rating of SG Diagnostics COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit

Francesco Chirico; Murat Yıldırım; Tomasz Dzieciatkowski; Marek Dabrowski; Marek Malysz; Marcin Madziala; Milosz Jaroslaw Jaguszewski; Karol Bielski; Gabriella Nucera; Krzysztof J Filipiak; Lukasz Szarpak

doi:10.2217/fvl-2021-0210

Efficiency rating of SG Diagnostics COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit

Future Virol. 2023 Mar:10.2217/fvl-2021-0210. doi: 10.2217/fvl-2021-0210. Epub 2023 Apr 17.

Authors

Francesco Chirico^{1

2}, Murat Yıldırım³, Tomasz Dzieciatkowski⁴, Marek Dabrowski^{5

6}, Marek Malysz^{5

7}, Marcin Madziala⁵, Milosz Jaroslaw Jaguszewski⁸, Karol Bielski^{5

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9}, Gabriella Nucera¹⁰, Krzysztof J Filipiak¹¹, Lukasz Szarpak^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Post-graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
² Health Service Department, Italian State Police, Ministry of the Interior, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science & Letters, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Turkey.
⁴ Chair & Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁵ Research Unit, Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁶ Chair & Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
⁷ Institute of Outcomes Research, Polonia University, Czestochowa, Poland.
⁸ 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
⁹ Emergency Medical Service, Warsaw, Poland.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli & Sacco, Milan, Italy.
¹¹ Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland.
¹² Research Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland.

Abstract

Aim: Rapid detection is crucial in complementing vaccination to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Materials & methods: Nasopharyngeal swabs (n = 213) and oropharyngeal swabs (n = 98) were tested. with the antigen rapid test kit. Results: Overall sensitivity (97.96%), specificity (100.00%) and coincidence rate (98.71%) were high, which translated into a positive predictive value of 100.00% and a negative predictive value of 96.64%. Conclusion: Antigen rapid tests have a great potential for screening in different settings to deliver results with high sensitivity and specificity.

Keywords: COVID-19; RT-qPCR; antigen rapid test; coronavirus disease; diagnostic.

Plain language summary

This study evaluated SG Diagnostics COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit. The overall sensitivity, specificity and coincidence rate were found very high with SG Diagnostics COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit performing better.