评估SARS-CoV-2侧流装置灵敏度:系统性实验室评估与制造商报告的灵敏度的比较
Raghavendran Kulasegaran-Shylini1, Abbie Bown2, Tom Collinge3
1Clinical and Public Health Group, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
EClinicalMedicine
|October 7, 2025
概括
英国独立实验室测试显示,SARS-CoV-2侧流装置 (LFD) 灵敏度存在显著的变异性,与制造商声称没有相关性. 这些发现凸显了对制造商数据的谨慎解释的必要性,并强调了对COVID-19快速测试的独立评估.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医学诊断 医学诊断 医学诊断
背景情况:
- 在大流行期间,使用侧流器 (LFD) 进行SARS-CoV-2自我检测至关重要.
- LFD性能表现出显著的变化,需要进行独立评估.
- 英国卫生安全局 (UKHSA) 进行了一项综合计划,评估商业SARS-CoV-2 LFDs.
研究的目的:
- 独立评估商用SARS-CoV-2 LFDs的敏感性.
- 将UKHSA实验室评估结果与制造商报告的敏感性数据进行比较.
- 为了确定声称和实际LFD性能之间的差异.
主要方法:
- UKHSA使用临床样本的实验室测试来评估LFD敏感性.
- 实验室确定的灵敏度与制造商报告的临床灵敏度和分析灵敏度 (检测极限 (LOD)) 的比较.
- 分析了LFD使用说明书 (IFU) 的数据.
主要成果:
- 由UKHSA确定的LFD敏感性差异很大,从32%到83%不等.
- 有相当数量的LFD (73/86) 声称临床敏感度≥85%,49声称≥95%.
- 在制造商报告的灵敏度或LOD与UKHSA确定的灵敏度之间没有发现相关性.
结论:
- 对于SARS-CoV-2 LFDs,制造商报告的性能数据应谨慎考虑.
- 独立的监测,测试和标准化的方法对于可靠的LFD评估至关重要.
- 制造商声明和独立评估之间的差异强调了严格验证的必要性.
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