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Very good evening doctors. are any of you familiar with the covid test rt-pcr abbotts id now, and particularly the respiratory pathogen panel? i'm asking about its accuracy, validity value, usefulness as a rt-pcr rapid test. can it be trusted?

Q: very good evening doctors. are any of you familiar with the covid test rt-pcr abbotts id now, and particularly the respiratory pathogen panel? i'm asking about its accuracy, validity value, usefulness as a rt-pcr rapid test. can it be trusted?

: Yes. If the manufacturers instruction for the test are followed, the results are reliable.

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Yes. If the manufacturers instruction for the test are followed, the results are reliable.

Dr Dosanjh agreed

Answered 2/18/2022

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A member asked:

Very good evening doctors. are any of you familiar with the covid test rt-pcr abbotts id now, and particularly the respiratory pathogen panel? i'm asking about its accuracy, validity value, usefulness as a rt-pcr rapid test. can it be trusted?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Dr Dosanjh agreed

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