Single room or mixed inspection, Which is better?

Single room or mixed inspection, Which is better?

There are two modes of mixed inspection:
1. One is to sample several people, such as 3 or 5 people, and put them in the same sampling tube during sampling. This mode is also called “mixed sampling” or “mixed sampling”, which is used in most cases in Beijing This model
2. The other is to mix samples of 3 or 5 people in the same volume during laboratory testing, also known as “sample mixing”.

According to the National Health Commission, from a scientific point of view, the first “mixed sampling” mode will not affect the sensitivity of nucleic acid detection, while the latter mode of mixing samples for detection has a certain impact on the sensitivity The degree is known.

The manufacturer of sampling swabs from Shenzhen Medico reminded that for high-risk populations such as symptomatic patients and close contacts in fever clinics, single-collection and single-check should be used. For screening of low-risk populations, “mixed testing” can be selected first.