A couple of years ago I was introduced to a company and found the technology fascinating. The company created a cutting-edge medical diagnostic home testing product and service. The company www.immunoprofile.com has launched with access to buy an antibody test panel.
This is the first at home CLIA approved serology test panel to measure IgG antibody levels across multiple vaccine preventable diseases to determine protection levels. This private at home test requires only a finger prick of blood which provides a qualitative result with an easy to read and understand numerical output for the eleven listed infectious diseases.
• Diphtheria
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• H.Influenzae B
• Measles
• Mumps
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Polio
• Rubella (German Measles)
• Tetanus (Lockjaw)
• Varicella Zoster (Chicken Pox)
There are multiple value propositions:
-It is CLIA approved. (The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations include federal standards applicable to all U.S. facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.)
- You can do this at home, without having to go to a lab to give multiple vials of blood.
- Instead of one test result, you can get eleven test results, which dramatically lowers the cost.
-HSA / FSA eligible
- Provides peace of mind knowing your antibody status
I took the test a month ago as part of a pre-launch. It was easy, straightforward, mailed everything (all mailers and supplies are included). A few weeks later I was notified that my lab results are ready and I logged into the secure web portal and downloaded my PDF test results. I showed this to my family practice physician and they asked me if it would be OK to include the test results in my electronic medical record.
An interesting observation was a few months ago, I was asked do you wanted the shingles shot by my family physician. At that time, I really had no way to know my protection level against Varicella Zoster (Chicken Pox). Perhaps if I had this test earlier, I may not have needed that shingles shot.
Bottom line, this is a game changer for traditional antibody testing as we know it.
Download ImmunoProfile Infectious Disease Antibody Test Panel Overview
