When false negative test results are received, actions to limit exposure to an infected person might not be taken, such as isolating people, limiting contact with family and friends, or limiting access to places of employment. False-negative results can also lead to further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including when people are housed together in health care, long-term care, and other facilities based on these false test results. A false-negative result may lead to delayed diagnosis or inappropriate treatment of SARS-CoV-2, which may cause people harm including serious illness and death. A false-negative antigen test result means that the test says the person does not have COVID-19 but they actually do have COVID-19.You may risk unknowingly spreading COVID-19 and may delay or stop appropriate medical treatment for COVID-19 if you use a counterfeit test.
The performance of these counterfeit tests has not been adequately established and the FDA is concerned about the risk of false results when people use these unauthorized tests. These counterfeit tests should not be used or distributed.Ĭounterfeit COVID-19 tests are tests that are not authorized, cleared, or approved by the FDA for distribution or use in the United States, but are made to look like authorized tests so the users will think they are the real, FDA-authorized test. Funding for the Mountain West News Bureau is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.The FDA is aware of counterfeit at-home over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 diagnostic tests being distributed or used in the United States. This story was produced by the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, KUNR in Nevada, the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West in Montana, KUNC in Colorado, KUNM in New Mexico, with support from affiliate stations across the region. “This will put testing in the communities where people live right now, so it should make access easier for people that have had challenges in the past,” he said.ĭata from Johns Hopkins University shows overall testing numbers trending down in Nevada and New Mexico. Labus thinks the CVS test site locations might help reach a broader demographic. “Any increase in testing is welcome in Southern Nevada, or I would say the rest of the country,” he said.ĬVS says 43 new test sites will be up and running in Nevada, a majority in and around Las Vegas. Brian Labus, who specializes in epidemiological surveillance at the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, says he’s encouraged by the news. New Mexico and Nevada are part of the testing expansion in our region.ĭr. According to a press release, the company administered three million tests since March. The move is in part intended to expand access in vulnerable communities.ĬVS Health says it oversees the largest number of independently run COVID-19 test sites in the country. The company says it expects 2,000 additional sites to be up and running by mid-October, with self-swab test results available within two to three days. Retailer CVS announced plans last week to double its COVID-19 drive-through test sites at locations across the U.S., including in two Mountain West states.
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