From: Fast Company Compass - Tuesday Mar 31, 2020 04:03 pm
Good morning, To help thwart the spread of COVID-19, we need more tests. We also need more accessible
Good morning,
To help thwart the spread of COVID-19, we need more tests. We also need more accessible tests—tests that can sidestep labs that may be backed up for days, tests that burden our medical practitioners less, and even tests that we can administer ourselves, from the quarantine of our own homes.
Scanwell Health plans to launch a $70 COVID-19 test within 6-8 weeks. Once it receives FDA approval, they’ll overnight it to your home, where it will be up to you to take your own blood, apply it to a testing strip, and await results in 13 minutes.
But how do you train a layperson to do a nurse’s job—and do it right, the first time? And how do you get someone over the fear of taking their own blood? Read our story here.

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