FDA authorizes direct-to-consumer COVID-19 test system

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Dec. 10, 2020—The FDA authorized the first COVID-19 direct-to-consumer test system­—LabCorp’s Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, for use by any person 18 years and older without a prescription.

The kit can be purchased online or in a store without a prescription and allows a person to self-collect a nasal swab sample at home and then send the sample to LabCorp for testing. Positive or invalid test results are delivered to the user by phone call from a health care provider. Negative test results are delivered via email or online portal.