Field Study Suggests, Second Generation COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits Offer Very High Accuracy

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 28, 2020 / After performing thousands of tests, OZO Diamond achieved 100% Specificity for both Lab Routine and Blood Donor with no single false-positive result.

OZO Diamond Rapid Test uses proprietary Diamond Technology to achieve high accuracy and better results by using the combination of both Spike (S1-RBD) and Nucleocapsid (N) proteins in detecting Novel Coronavirus.

The Clinical Performance of the Rapid Tests by the Major Players:

Existing rapid test-kit technologies like Magnetic beads and Colloidal gold methodologies with EU or USFDA-EUA approvals are majorly focusing only on the late-onset. Due to this, mass screening of patients with early-onset and mid-onset remains a big challenge for Governments across the globe.

Today, laboratories across the globe do not have any choice but to go for a time-consuming and equipment-heavy tests like RT-PCR or ELISA methodologies due to lack of high accuracy early-onset and mid-onset rapid test kits. In many cases, patients are undergoing a waiting period of more than 14 days, to receive their test results. With the new Second-generation rapid test, it is possible to obtain the results within 5-10 minutes with high accuracy and utmost reliability, for both early-onset and mid-onset. Administered under the guidance of a healthcare professional, these tests can bridge the major time gap between ‘test to result' and will fasten the mass screening process.

OZO Life, under the brand OZO Diamond, has been offering its advanced and high accuracy tests, CE-IVD and EU approved, to serve the countries in their screening efforts as the COVID-19 infection cases continue to rise. The tests have been validated for their efficacy and accuracy in the field, by the Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. These tests from OZO make use of very less specimen and buffer solution, compared to the first-generation kits presently available in the market. Presently, OZO Diamond is available for sale in various countries except for the USA.

"We have received phenomenal results in the field-testing scenarios. While, we are equipped to supplying millions of tests daily, but proper & effective use of this second-generation test would require educating the health care professionals as our kits are specially focused on less wastage, high throughput; it uses very less specimen to process the results at 2 times faster compared to other 1stgeneration rapid test kits. In many scenarios, OZO Diamond results rival the accuracies of Lab tests and the rapid Antigen tests", said Dr. Terry, Chief Scientist, OZO Life.

Many countries are following an Institutional quarantine or Home quarantine, starting from 7-14 days as a standard imposition on asymptomatic travelers. "Our tests will also help the governments in their efforts towards instilling a strong sense of trust and freedom among the travelers. In turn, that may help the industries and a large section of the society to return to normalcy, on the back of more liberal policies by the authorities on social distancing", said Girish Dev, CEO, OZO Life.

How to use a second-generation test kit by OZO Life?

Here is the list of precautions that medical professionals should take before and while performing the OZO Diamond test.

About OZO Diamond

The OZO Diamond antibody rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits (serological test) is the world's first ‘Second-generation Rapid Test'. It is based on a one-step LFIA (Qualitative) and is a potential solution for mass-screening test to aid in the diagnosis of patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection, in tandem with a genetic-based test (that detects the presence of an antigen) to determine the complete status.

OZO Diamond, built with Proprietary Diamond Technology targets for high accuracy by focusing on both S1RBD and N Proteins. For more information on the technology, please download OZO Diamond Brochure.

About OZO Life

OZO Life is a London based, scientists led Life Sciences company incorporated with a mission to introduce world-class products built with scientific innovations. The team consists of scientists, globally renowned investors, patent holder of numerous medical products and pharma service network. The company's vision is to make innovative products affordable for people at the bottom of the pyramid.

OZO stands for ‘ONE ZILLION OPPORTUNITIES' for ‘GOOD LIFE'. The company collaborates with the global scientific community and offers high-quality products and solutions both for research and the manufacturing of medical equipment, chemical, and biological drugs.

OZO Life aims to be an enabler to scientific discovery by helping customers better understand the biological function and disease. The company's extended products range from lab water systems to gene-editing tools, antibodies, cell lines, and end-to-end systems to manufacture drugs. OZO Life also uses proprietary blockchain to ensure quality and authenticity at all stages.

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