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To evaluate the performance of ELISA tests by inexperienced elementary school students.

August 12, 1992JAMA

Elementary School Students' Performance With Two ELISA Test Systems

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Nonrandomized trial examines ELISA test performance in untrained sixth and seventh graders, indicating high efficacy.

To evaluate the performance of ELISA tests by inexperienced elementary school students.
Nonrandomized trial involving 52 sixth and seventh graders
Subjects processed nine unknown specimens for each ELISA test
Training provided through self-instruction or a manufacturer's representative
Overall sensitivity of 97.1% and specificity of 94.7% for human chorionic gonadotropin specimens
Sensitivity of 95.9% and specificity of 96.8% for group A streptococcus specimens
No significant differences in performance between self-trained and representative-trained groups

Daron G. Ferris (1992) studied this question.

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