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5 minutes read
Aug 28, 2022
How Accurate Are TBD's At-Home Tests?
There is no such thing as a perfect test in medicine, BUT TBD’s tests are highly accurate and similar to what you would find in a medical office. We work with a lab whose tests have been fully validated by state and federal guidelines, including CLIA and College of American Pathologist Standards (aka the best of the best!!). Not to brag, but…our tests are pretty great.
TBD Recommends: 5-Panel STD Test
There are two characteristics that typically help describe a test’s accuracy and performance:
- Sensitivity - how well the test finds a person WITH a disease.
- Specificity - how well a test identifies a person WITHOUT a disease.
TL: DR: The higher both the sensitivity and specificity, the more you can trust the results, whether positive or negative. TBD’s tests are both very specific and sensitive!
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Sensitivity is a measure of how good that test is at finding an infection when it’s there.
- Example: Pregnancy Test A has a 99% sensitivity. That means 99 out of 100 pregnant people will test positive using Pregnancy Test A. 1 out of those 100 pregnant people will have a negative pregnancy test with that test.
- A high sensitivity of a test is a good thing!
All of TBD’s tests are at least 88% sensitive. Many are 100% sensitive.
Specificity tells us how good that test is at correctly identifying a healthy person WITHOUT an infection.
- Example: Flu Test A has a 80% specificity.
- The higher the specificity, the less likely you are going to get a “false positive” on this test.
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Every test in the medical field, whether it’s imaging or a swab or bloodwork, is subject to some error.
Some reasons that tests become less accurate include:
- It’s too early to detect.
- There is something wrong with the sample.
Check out our testing stats on specificity and sensitivity below:
3 Site: Chlamydia & Gonorrhea
$149
per test
5-Panel STD Test
$149
per test
9-Panel STD Test
$299
per test
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