University of Providence and Alluvion Health team up to provide saliva testing for COVID
and last updated 2020-12-22 21:07:24-05
GREAT FALLS â In just a few short weeks, Alluvion Health s lab in Great Falls will be busy processing saliva from University of Providence students and staff to test them for COVID-19. We ve partnered with them on a specific testing method that will be exclusively used for just (the) University of Providence for a period of time and then we ll open it up to the general public,â said Zac Griffin, Alluvion Health chief operating officer.
The partnership has allowed Alluvion to buy a machine to test saliva. Currently, testing samples are taken by sticking a long swab up the nose of the person getting tested.
University of Providence and Alluvion Health partner to provide saliva testing for COVID
Posted at 11:56 AM, Dec 22, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-22 17:10:23-05
GREAT FALLS â The University of Providence-Great Falls, Alluvion Health, and Adlera Laboratory have teamed up to create a response to the increased need for rapid and reliable COVID-19 testing.
A news release from UP says that
Adlera Lab, which is a certified diagnostic lab owned and operated by Alluvion Health, will utilize a qPCR machine to process 344 saliva samples per day for the detection of COVID-19. This process is less intrusive than the traditional respiratory swabs, and the utilization of saliva tests - as opposed to traditional swabs - allows trained University personnel to collect samples on-site. It also enables Alluvion Health staff to continue providing community testing to the residents.