Ideally, the sequence will make it possible to come up with a rapid test.

A rapid test, which delivers a result after only a few minutes, is optimal.

A rapid test can be done in minutes, but it is less accurate than growing a culture, which takes two to three days.

Thus the rapid test, like many other tests, may be negative during that interval.

Results of a rapid strep test are available in 10 to 15 minutes.

Perhaps the biggest benefit of rapid tests is their ability to give results in 30 minutes or less.

The department changed part of its policy and required more than one positive rapid test to even call a result inconclusive.

Results from rapid tests are available in just 10 to 20 minutes.

With rapid tests, people who get a positive result need a second test to confirm.

Today, new rapid tests let people know their results almost immediately.