Point-of-Care and Over-the-Counter Qualitative Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Devices Remain Susceptible to False-Negative Results Caused by Excess hCG β Core Fragment
Clinical Chemistry Podcast · Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine
September 9, 20137m 2s
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Show Notes
For many taking a home pregnancy test can be upsetting, particularly if there is not complete confidence in the result. The November 2013 print issue of Clinical Chemistry published a paper from a group led by Dr. Ann Gronowski that reported false-negative results in point-of-care and over-the-counter qualitative hCG devices.