Positive Control Material Supporting Reliable COVID-19 Diagnostics in the EU

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Positive Control Material Supporting Reliable COVID-19 Diagnostics in the EU

02 Apr, 2020

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European Commission Joint Research Centre Science Hub
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The JRC has announced the release of a universal positive control material to facilitate the quality control of the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the testing laboratories. EURM-019 is fully compatible with the official WHO recommended methods applied in the EU, in Asia and the USA to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2. The material can also serve to benchmark and validate the numerous test kits based on RT-PCR currently developed worldwide.

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