Covid-19 Test Maker Examines False-Positive Results in Nursing Homes

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Covid-19 Test Maker Examines False-Positive Results in Nursing Homes

Becton Dickinson & Co. is investigating reports from nursing homes that federally provided rapid coronavirus testing equipment from the company is producing false-positive results in some cases.

So far, the number of reports is small, nursing-home industry officials said. The American Health Care Association, a trade group representing nursing homes, said it has heard from roughly a dozen facilities that had seen a significant number of false positives and a similar number with just one or two.

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