Table 1.

Comparison of Single-Test Point-of-Care Results with the Reference Laboratory Tests

Laboratory PositiveLaboratory Negative
POC positive111Positive predictive value: 8.3%
POC negative0840Negative predictive value: 100%
Sensitivity: 100%Specificity: 98.7%
  • Note: Analysis of 852 samples with valid test results on both the single-test point-of-care (POC) and laboratory real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test (see discussion in the text). Laboratory RT-PCR testing served as the definition of disease in this analysis. Sensitivity is defined as the proportion of true-positive results among all positive results. Specificity is defined as the proportion of true-negative results among all negative results. Positive predictive value is the proportion of true-positive results among all positive test results. Negative predictive value is the proportion of true-negative results among all negative results.