To ensure obtaining the most optimal specimen for testing, it is recommended that test takers be retrained/reminded to 1) refrain from eating, drinking, or brushing your teeth at least 20 minutes prior to taking the test, 2) swab per video instructions for the required 30 seconds.All labs performing these tests are necessary to meet CA demand. Stopping testing using this lab is not advised.There is consensus among Health Officers from Marin, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Riverside, and San Mateo that:.

According to the Health Officers, these FDA advisories are relatively common in general, Health Officers are not overly concerned.Health Officers assume that with many of these new lab tests coming on the market, most are likely to come up with similar issues (false negatives) in the future.The false negatives are most likely to show for people who are asymptomatic.This is true for nearly every COVID test. Curative makes it clear in their initial onboarding process and documentation that false negatives are possible with the test.Here is what we know about the Curative situation at this time: Abundant and accessible COVID-19 testing is crucial for any community, and we are working hard to understand the impact of the recent news. As a community that has been instrumental in advocating for community testing and has worked with Curative to make testing available here in Menlo Park, MPCSD is following this news closely and is in touch with Curative and our San Mateo County Office of Education, Health Department, and County Counsel's Office to better understand this situation.Īt this time, MPCSD continues to have confidence in the relative accuracy of Curative testing as compared to other options. JanuAs the community may be aware, COVID-19 testing company Curative has recently been in the news about potential false negative test results.

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