The new rapid lateral flow test, which detects flu and Covid, has passed the regulatory process
Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics said it had passed the UK Health Security Agency's Coronavirus Test Device Approvals processA firm has become among the first in the UK to be given the green light to sell a new Covid and flu combined test.
Derby-based SureScreen Diagnostics said it had passed the UK Health Security Agency's Coronavirus Test Device Approvals process.David Campbell, a company director, said: "Our new tests are already being used successfully overseas."The new rapid lateral flow test, which detects both flu and Covid, analyses a shallow nasal sample which is collected by rotating a swab inside the nostril and then inserting it into a liquid.
Droplets of the liquid are then placed at the top of two formulated strips, placed side by side in a special dual test cassette. This gives users a positive or negative result for both Covid and influenza A and B, the two main types of flu that affect humans, in 10 minutes. SureScreen said it had already been supplying the tests to overseas markets and had trialled them with Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust in London.Mr Campbell said: "Our new tests are already being used successfully overseas and by key hospital partners.Follow BBC East Midlands on
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