PCR Cycle Thresholds
Dear Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Under the FOIA or EIR, I formally request the following information.
a) The cycle threshold currently used for COVID-19 PCR tests.
b) If the cycle threshold has been changed any time since January 2020, when was it changed and what values were used.
c) A distribution of positive tests by CTs, for each month from January 2020 to the present (most recent data available), for example:
Month: January 2020
Cycles Positive Results Returned within Cycle Range
1-5 1
6-10 2
11-15 3
16-20 4
21-25 5
26-30 6
31-35 7
36-40 8
41-45 9
46+ 10
Please do not summarise in ranges of more than 5 CT’s (as above example), however smaller ranges (i.e. 1-4 CT per range) are acceptable if available with a range of 1 being most desirable.
If you do not hold any or all of this data please try to explain why and where you believe this data may be held.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Hemmings
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Dear Requester,
Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request.
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Dear FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),
Thank you for your response to my request. You may find the attached government information on Cycle Thresholds useful as you asserted in your response that there was "no such thing".
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
Yours sincerely,
Mr Hemmings
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