If you're sick of nasal swabs, a new COVID-19 breath test may be coming to a testing site near you soon.
has been through nasal swabs. But as the pandemic continues to evolve, so does the technology being developed to help protect us from the virus.: a COVID-19 breathalyzer. This is the first government-approved device that can detect COVID from breath alone. The FDA said that the new breath test could be performed in doctor's offices, hospitals, and mobile testing sites. And it provides results within three minutes.,"was shown to have 91.2 percent sensitivity and 99.
So how does it work? The breathalyzer system uses a technique called gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which can detect the chemical compounds associated with SARS-CoV-2 through exhaled breath. To use it, you exhale into a tube as though you were trying to blow up a balloon. "Today's authorization is yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19," Jeff Shuren, MD, JD, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement on Thursday."The FDA continues to support the development of novel COVID-19 tests with the goal of advancing technologies that can help address the current pandemic and better position the US for the next public health emergency.
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