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Labcorp Now Offers Observed Collection for COVID-19 PCR Testing in Over 500 Locations Nationwide, With Plans to Expand to More Than 1,000 Locations

BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a global life sciences company, is now offering observed self-collection for COVID-19 PCR testing in more than 500 of its patient service centers ...
MobiHealthNews

First COVID-19 diagnostic test authorized for home sample collection

Thanks to an updated emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA, LabCorp's COVID-19 RT-PCR test is now the first diagnostic test for COVID-19 that permits at-home sample collection. Now, patients ...
Business Wire

PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay Receives CE Mark for Saliva and Sample Pooling to Test Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Individuals

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc. announced today that its PerkinElmer ® SARS-CoV-2 Real-time RT-PCR Assay received CE-IVD marking for the use of saliva as specimen type and the ...
iaea.org

Webinar 2: Sample collection and preparation for RT-PCR

Sampling (including transport) and sample pooling. Preventing contamination, including contamination of the laboratory equipment and the environment with viral RNA. Manual extraction of RNA, automated ...
Nasdaq

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Home Collection Kit for Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive ...
iaea.org

Sample Collection and Preparation for RT-PCR

The second session of the ‘IAEA and WPRO Webinar Series to Support the COVID-19 Testing Laboratories in the Asia and the Pacific Region’, provides information on the proper sampling, sample packing, ...