The preliminary tests that the FDA has approved work best for symptomatic patients with highly detectable levels of the novel coronavirus in their bodies, but little is known about their accuracy in identifying asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the CDA warned.
To improve COVID-19 screening for patients and staff, dentists should advocate for a rapid point-of-care test with results that do not require confirmatory testing, the CDA said. The association believes this type of screening is much safer than the methods dentists currently use, as each false negative poses an infection risk.
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