What does it mean if I have a negative test result?Ī negative test result means that the antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 or to the vaccine were not found in your sample. Your health care provider will work with you to determine how best to care for you based on the test results along with other factors of your medical history, including any previous symptoms, possible exposure to COVID-19 and the location of places you have recently traveled. How much IgM antibodies might protect you from getting sick with COVID-19 in the future is unknown. The presence of IgM suggests that the infection or vaccination happened recently. There is also a small chance that a positive result is incorrect (false positive). These other coronaviruses cause the common cold.
There is still a chance that the antibodies indicate past infection due to other coronaviruses. If you have a positive test result (antibodies are detected), you may have been recently infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, or you have made antibodies as a response to recent vaccination with one of the current SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. What does it mean if I have a positive test result?
Test results may help limit the spread of COVID-19 to your family and others. Results and other information can help your health care provider make informed recommendations about your care. Possible incorrect test result (See below for more information.). Possible discomfort, bruising, infection or other complications that can happen during sample collection (Serious complications are very rare.). What are the known and potential risks and benefits of the test? You have been in close contact with an individual suspected of or confirmed to have COVID-19. You live in or have recently traveled to a place where transmission of COVID-19 is known to occur. Your health care provider believes you may have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 based on your current or previous signs and symptoms (e.g., fever, cough, difficulty breathing). Testing of the sample may help find out if you may have IgM antibodies to COVID-19 as a result of infection or vaccination with one of the vaccines containing the virus spike protein. After reading this TestFact, if you have questions or would like to discuss the information provided, please talk with your health care provider. This TestFact contains information to help you understand the risks and benefits of using this test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. You are being given this TestFact because your sample was tested using the National Jewish Health COVID-19 Spike Protein IgM antibody test. 
This test is only available with a physician order.
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