Rapid health technology assessment of alternative diagnostic testing approaches for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Health Information and Quality Authority
Record ID 32018004162
English
Authors' objectives: HIQA was requested to undertake a rapid health technology assessment (HTA) of alternative diagnostic testing methods for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This work was done to inform the work of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) in their response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection is critical to tracking the viral spread, understanding epidemiology, informing case management, and reducing transmission. At the request of NPHET, HIQA investigated the potential usefulness of alternative diagnostic tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, whether any of the tests that are commercially available are being used internationally, and identified when the tests could be deployed in the clinical pathway.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: https://www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-publications/health-technology-assessment/rapid-hta-alternative-diagnostic-testing
Year Published: 2020
URL for published report: https://www.hiqa.ie/sites/default/files/2020-05/Rapid_HTA_COVID-19_tests.pdf
Requestor: National Public Health Emergency Team
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Rapid Review
Country: Ireland
MeSH Terms
  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • COVID-19 Serological Testing
Keywords
  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • diagnostic testing
Contact
Organisation Name: Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Contact Address: Health Information and Quality Authority, George's Court, George's Lane,Smithfield, Dublin 7. PH : + 353 (01) 814 7464
Contact Name: info@hiqa.ie
Contact Email: info@hiqa.ie
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA or other HTA producer. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.