FDA grants emergency use authorization for the first Covid-19 breath test, which can be used at medical offices and mobile test sites.
The FDA said the InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer, which is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, can be used in medical offices and mobile testing sites. It can give results in less than three minutes.The system separates and identifies chemical mixtures to detect five compounds associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.
A study of the InspectIR Breathalyzer found it accurately identified more than 91% of positive samples and nearly 100% of negative samples. Similar sensitivity was found in another study that focused on the Omicron coronavirus variant. However, a positive result should be confirmed with a PCR test, the FDA said."Today's authorization is yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19," Dr.
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