JUST IN: Tan Tock Seng Hospital apologises for mislabelling of COVID19 samples which resulted in Jurong West Secondary School student being incorrectly told she had tested positive
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"The original test was undertaken by our laboratory. Subsequently, the student was admitted to NUH and re-tested twice and found to be negative on both occasions. Our laboratory repeated a PCR test on the original sample and the result was negative," said TTSH in a media release on Tuesday ."Our investigations revealed that there was an erroneous reporting of this case by our laboratory.
"We have since informed both patients of the mislabelling incident and apologised for the anxiety caused," said TTSH.
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