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A mobile lab run by University of Illinois System subsidiary Shield T3 was set up Dec. 11 in Lot 64 near the WARF building. The lab will conduct diagnostic PCR testing of saliva samples collected at sites across campus from students and employees starting in January. Photo: Bryce Richter
Beginning in January, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will implement a new campus safety and testing program, adapted from a successful system called Shield T3 that was developed by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
This week, UIUC surpassed the 1 million test mark using their unique high-capacity saliva-based testing approach that represents 10% of all COVID-19 tests in Illinois and at times as many as 2% of the tests in the nation.
December 14, 2020
A mobile lab run by University of Illinois System subsidiary Shield T3 was set up Friday in Lot 64 near the WARF building. The lab will conduct diagnostic PCR testing of saliva samples collected at sites across campus from students and employees starting in January. Along with the Safer Badgers app and Badger Badge access pass, this expanded testing will enhance the safety of the campus community. UW–Madison is looking for COVID-19 health technicians to assist in sample collection for testing; apply here. 1 Workers install lab freezers in the mobile testing lab. Photo by: Bryce Richter 2 The intake window of a Shield T3 mobile COVID-19 testing lab at UW–Madison, which is located in parking lot 64 near the WARF Office Building.
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New Mobile Lab Powered by Bloom Energy Processes Tests Reliably and Quickly to Bolster Safety at Businesses and Schools
Provides Critically Needed Tests for Disadvantaged Communities as Demand Surges
Bloom Energy and El Camino Health today announced the launch of the University of Illinois innovative Shield T3 COVID testing system and mobile laboratory at Bloom Energy s manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California.
The new Shield T3 COVID-19 testing lab, powered and hosted by Bloom Energy, is open to Bay Area businesses and schools for simple, rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 testing (Photo: Business Wire)
The new mobile lab, powered and hosted by Bloom Energy, is open to Bay Area businesses and schools for simple, rapid and inexpensive COVID-19 testing.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) A Silicon Valley energy company is expanding COVID test lab capacity in hopes it could speed up the return of businesses and schools to normal. Health is a vital part of Building A Better Bay Area.
This $1.5 million laboratory represents a unique private-public partnership to add virus testing capability in the Bay Area. This economy simply cannot wait for months to get back, so we think it s really essential, said KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy CEO.
Even with the promise of vaccines, Bloom Energy believes this lab will accelerate the ability for Bay Area companies, schools and universities to return to normal. Using a system developed by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, it can process 10,000 tests per day with same-day results, using a proprietary saliva test.