The role of mouthwash sampling in SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.07.22.21260760: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Ethical approval was obtained from Sheba Medical Center and informed consent was obtained from all patients.
Field Sample Permit: Sample collection methodology: Between July and September 2020, we collected 361 samples from a total of 96 confirmed COVID-19 outpatients: 137 ONP swabs, 137 saline MW samples, 59 distilled water wash, 12 commercial MW solution containing alcohol and 16 commercial MW solution without alcohol.Sex as a biological variable Study population: The study population included adult men and non-pregnant women (>18 years old), with molecular confirmation of COVID-19 by RT-PCR. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.07.22.21260760: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Ethical approval was obtained from Sheba Medical Center and informed consent was obtained from all patients.
Field Sample Permit: Sample collection methodology: Between July and September 2020, we collected 361 samples from a total of 96 confirmed COVID-19 outpatients: 137 ONP swabs, 137 saline MW samples, 59 distilled water wash, 12 commercial MW solution containing alcohol and 16 commercial MW solution without alcohol.Sex as a biological variable Study population: The study population included adult men and non-pregnant women (>18 years old), with molecular confirmation of COVID-19 by RT-PCR. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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