The nucleic acid test will have a false positive. What caused it? What should I do if I detect a false positive?

There will be false positive in nucleic acid detection, which is caused by the accuracy of detection. At present, nucleic acid detection in most areas is based on the content of about 30% to determine whether it is positive, so the fluctuation around this value is likely to be misdiagnosed. If a false positive is detected, then we must continue the test again. In fact, we don't need to worry, because once the positive test report comes out, we are basically isolated.

Some time ago, it was reported that the nucleic acid detection market was as high as 654.38+000 billion, which was unexpected by many people. Under the COVID-19 epidemic, although there were many demonstrations in the service industry and consumer industry, some new industries stood up again. In many qualified nucleic acid detection institutions, in fact, many institutions will also have the problem of detection error, and the so-called false positive will appear in the detection error. However, more often, false positives are caused by detection errors. If this happens, we just need to do isolation measures in time and wait for the relevant departments to re-test.

Causes of false positives: errors or detection errors.

According to the current nucleic acid detection method, the primary reason for false positive results is that there is something wrong with the detection institution. What's more, it is a problem of detection error. Because the nucleic acid detection adopts PCI replication detection method, the cells in saliva are replicated countless times in a certain experimental environment, which is convenient for medical staff to observe and can also ensure to reduce errors. However, even if the error is small, COVID-19 detection inevitably has errors, and false positives are often the result of errors.

Methods of detecting false positives: Prepare materials in time for isolation+re-inspection.

Once there is a false positive, in fact, the relevant departments will soon be isolated. At this time, we should prepare enough isolation materials in time and wait for the re-inspection by the relevant departments. If you are still positive after many tests, there is nothing wrong with the test results, otherwise you are not infected with COVID-19 at all.