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false negative

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false negative
n
1. (Medicine) a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for
2. (Medicine) a person from whom such a result is obtained


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasized this point in a guidance dated July 29: "Since false negative results can occur, if clinical suspicion of influenza is high in a patient who tests negative by RIDT (or if RIDT is not offered), empiric antiviral therapy should be administered, if appropriate, and infection control measures implemented" (see www.
Without the application of load during a battery test, false negatives and false positives are prevalent.
Users can configure tolerance levels to match their internal risk mitigation strategies and policies, avoiding long validation procedures, false negatives preventing access, or the need to carry additional hardware (such as tokens).
 
 
 
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