Alluvion Health: faster COVID test results
By: Zachary Schermele
and last updated 2020-12-24 20:08:30-05
GREAT FALLS â Alluvion Health announced this week that its Aldera Lab is now processing coronavirus tests in-house, which will significantly reduce wait times for patients to between two and three days.
Through a partnership with the state, Alluvion has been offering free drive-through coronavirus testing since May. But because the results were processed by the state, wait times took up to seven to 10 days. As of late December, those had dwindled to between two and three days.
âMost of the people that were getting tested today will know this evening, so that they can participate in family functions if they want to, whether theyâre negative or positive,â said Zac Griffin, Alluvionâs chief operations officer, on Thursday. âWe just think thatâs a great added value for our community.â
CASCADE COUNTY - Due to high demand, your typical Covid-19 test can take up to ten days before results show up. However, one partnership between a Great Falls university and
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.