The purpose of this trial is to compare 2 types of nasonasopharyngeal swabs (a new design to a conventional nylon-flocked nasopharyngeal swab) for effectiveness.
Compare the Precision ADM "CanSwab" nasopharyngeal swab to a conventional nylon-flocked nasopharyngeal swab on the basis of: 1. The amount of SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19) collected by swabs, measured in CT (thermal cycles) 2. Clinical concordance rate 3. Patient comfort during nasopharyngeal sampling procedure
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
169
New nasopharyngeal swab design.
St. Boniface General Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Health Sciences Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Amount of SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19) collected
amount of SARS-CoV2 virus (COVID-19) collected measured in CT (thermal cycles).
Time frame: Baseline
Clinical concordance rate
Calculate approximate sensitivity and specificity of the CanSwab to the Flocked swab control.
Time frame: Baseline
Patient comfort
Patient description of comfort level between the 2 swabs experience measured by "Worse", "Identical" or "Better"
Time frame: Baseline
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