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Sentara indicates they have COVID19 testing through commercial labs.
Last edited Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:37 AM - Edit history (1)
Sentara is developing in-house COVID-19 testing
Sentara now has access to tests through commercial laboratories and will use these if testing cannot be obtained through state health departments and a doctor thinks screening is advisable.
Additionally, Sentara laboratories expect to be able to conduct COVID-19 testing in-house at regional sites in the next few weeks. We are purchasing the needed equipment and creating a process to make sure testing can be turned around quickly.
Sentara now has access to tests through commercial laboratories and will use these if testing cannot be obtained through state health departments and a doctor thinks screening is advisable.
Additionally, Sentara laboratories expect to be able to conduct COVID-19 testing in-house at regional sites in the next few weeks. We are purchasing the needed equipment and creating a process to make sure testing can be turned around quickly.
This and other information at: https://www.sentara.com/charlottesville-virginia/coronavirus.aspx
The link to this part of their site is from a banner at the top. Although the link says Charlottesville, the information is not locality specific.
Edit to add:
University of Virginia Medical Center's Coronavirus FAQ: https://uvahealth.com/services/infectious-disease/coronavirus-faqs indicates that they are working on getting test capabilities in house, but use CDC and VDH.
Not a whole lot of information there. I do know they are receiving tests for respiratory infections from Sentara. Their Respiratory Pathogens Panel covers more types of infection than the one locally at Sentara. I suppose they want to rule out any of these infections before testing for a Covid-19 infection.
Is it possible that someone has more than one infection (Covid19 and some other) and cases of Covid19 will be missed?