http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Test Ed -covid testing research UoE staff and students can participate en Thu, 21 May 2026 07:53:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354472 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:04:21 +0000 chdot 354472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Some Dont and then you feel you have been slightly used“</p> <p>If this is part of your job, do you have a relationship with supervisors? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354469 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:35:28 +0000 gembo 354469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@srd, this is why I tend always to complete surveys etc. </p> <p>Though you do worry about the stiff feedback we give the students on here</p> <p>In real life one of my many jobs involves a good deal of discussion with researchers. I point out the contract states they should supply me with their report or paper and some even comply.</p> <p>Some Dont and then you feel you have been slightly used? I know they are busy and moving on to the next contract/project. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354454 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:45:25 +0000 SRD 354454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1. lateral flow tests notoriously unreliable (especially is self-applied).</p> <p>2. saliva tests less invasive / easier to administer?</p> <p>for me personally </p> <p>I spend my life asking people to be part of my research; it's nice to give back and be in someone else's project. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354452 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:33:43 +0000 Baldcyclist 354452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sure, but what problem is it solving?</p> <p>Everyone is already being encouraged to do two LF tests a week that are already provided for free and give a faster result, so it's not solving the do I have Covid and will I give it to my colleuages today problem (especially with a next day result).</p> <p>So if UoE employees are already doing those LF tests, in terms of data, HR is already collecting the Covid +ve data when people call in sick (Covid specifically recorded), so the uni already knows how many staff have covid without extra monitoring, so that doesn't seem to be a problem either.</p> <p>Would be interesting to see if the HR data matched the Test.ed data though, or how many extra cases Test.ed spotted. :)</p> <p>I do get the research element, but to me there doesn't seem to be a practical problem to solve...</p> <p>(someone involved in project likely to be on here and put me right, it would be awsome to know the detail) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354450 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:19:31 +0000 fimm 354450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Baldcyclist, I haven't looked in to the details, but surely the point is to assist with the research, not to gain anything yourself? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354442 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:49:28 +0000 MediumDave 354442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>TestEd uses a PCR test so should be considerably more accurate than the lateral flow and capable of detecting lower viral load. Fun with sample pooling (and the use of saliva instead of throat swabs) might reduce the accuracy a bit. </p> <p>Certainly sample collection is much easier with saliva. Almost a, pleasure! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354412 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:12:04 +0000 Baldcyclist 354412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It seems pointless to me to get the result of the test the next day.</p> <p>When we go back I'll be asking folks to take a lateral flow test before they come into work, so we know if people have COVID *before* infecting half of the room...</p> <p>May be useful to do in adition to LF test. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20713#post-354388 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:05:10 +0000 SRD 354388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Research project involving large scale screening of symptomless people's saliva - UoE staff and students can participate </p> <p><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/tested-covid" rel="nofollow">https://www.ed.ac.uk/tested-covid</a> </p>