How does diagnosis alter the relevance of SalivaDirect: What You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Test?

DentalReach Clinical Contributor:

What is the SalivaDirect test? Saliva is now authorized as a reliable tool to detect SARS-Cov-2 .The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency. Application should begin with diagnosis and prognosis, then weigh benefit, harm, alternatives, patient preference, feasibility and maintenance.

DentalReach Practice Perspective:

Clinical transfer depends on matching the evidence to the patient, intervention, comparator, outcome, operator and care environment.

DentalReach Academic Editor:

Shared decision-making should explain meaningful benefit, uncertainty, alternatives, maintenance and the likely result of postponing treatment without promotional framing.