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  2. Presumptive and confirmatory tests - Wikipedia

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    Most people who take a drug test take a presumptive test, cheaper and faster than other methods of testing. However, it is less accurate and can render false results. The FDA recommends for confirmatory testing to be conducted and the placing of a warning label on the presumptive drug test: "This assay provides only a preliminary result.

  3. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    It is to be understood that any reactive OraQuick test result is a preliminary positive result and will always require a confirmatory test, regardless of the mean of testing (venipuncture whole blood, fingerstick whole blood or oral mucosal transudate fluid). [41]

  4. Confirmatory trial - Wikipedia

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    The confirmatory trial should clarify key clinical questions relevant to efficacy and/or safety clearly and definitively. The target patient population segmented for the trial is clearly outlined, understood and defined as this may influence the test sites and scientists (practitioners, specialists, etc.) involved.

  5. Forensic serology - Wikipedia

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    This test functions similar to a pregnancy test, where if the antigen p30 is present a band will appear at the test site and a control band will appear to confirm if the test is working properly. [4] If the confirmatory test is positive, then semen is present in the sample.

  6. Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay - Wikipedia

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    It is used as a confirmatory test for syphilis infection. A negative test result shows a tight button or spot of red blood cells on the surface of the test dish. Often a plastic test plate containing many small "wells" is used as the test dish so that many patients may be tested at the same time but their results can be kept separate from each ...

  7. Confirmatory factor analysis - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a special form of factor analysis, most commonly used in social science research. [1] It is used to test whether measures of a construct are consistent with a researcher's understanding of the nature of that construct (or factor). As such, the objective of confirmatory factor analysis is to ...

  8. Confirmatory test - Wikipedia

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  9. Rapid plasma reagin - Wikipedia

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    The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the Wassermann test and the VDRL test).