COUNTRY: EU Countries (France, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain)
INDUSTRY: Healthcare
TARGETED AUDIENCE: Lab Director
BACKGROUND & KEY OBJECTIVES:
- The goal of this study was to learn about different test kits and platforms utilized by Lab Directors to perform SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic (PCR) testing in hospital laboratories.
- Also the quantitative measurement of current average weekly test volume performs on these test kits and platform combination.
- The study focused on the proportion of symptomatic patients who underwent antigen testing on a monthly and quarterly basis, as well as the predicted number of antigen tests received by patients.
METHODOLOGIES & APPROACH:
- Rigorous interviews were done with hospital Lab Directors that perform SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic (PCR) testing for COVID patients and are familiar with various test kits and panels in countries across France, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, etc.
- The survey was designed to be quantitative, with an interview length of 20 minutes.
- The following points were included in the survey questionnaire/discussion guide:
- Test kits use for performing SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic (PCR) testing under the recommendation of Lab Director.
- What platforms they used to run this test kits?
- Monthly and quarterly test counts of symptomatic patients who undergo antigen tests at their hospital labs using these assays and panels.
- We formed a team of primary research specialists with healthcare backgrounds.
OUR SOLUTION:
- The study assisted the customer in understanding the existing test kits used in the EU market and the number of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic (PCR) tests performed using these testing kits with the assistance of our team.