HCV RNA test reliability improvement should be a focus of future research -- NIH consensus panel.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA TEST RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDED as an area for future research at a March 24-26 consensus development conference on HCV management organized by the National Institutes of Health. Future studies should evaluate ways to improve reliability and "the dynamic range and intra-assay variability of the HCV RNA test," a March 26 consensus statement from the conference states.