GISNY eNEWSLETTER COVID-19 TestingWeekly LabQ Diagnostics COVID Tests starting Jan. 21st, 2021
We are happy to report that our COVID PCR testing event yesterday went very well. We had asked LabQ Diagnostics in Brooklyn to offer saliva based and swab based testing to the school community. Feedback from parents and students for both test types was excellent.
Starting next week, we will be offering saliva based tests for anyone who is interested. Family of students may also sign up for a test. Please sign up by Wednesday, January 20th, 12.00 pm. Labeled kits will be delivered to the classroom for students. Kits for those signing up as family will be available outside the main office starting Thursday morning. The saliva samples need to be filled before school on Friday, Jan. 22nd and dropped off at school before 9.00 am. Labeled specimens should be dropped off by parents at their child's respective entrance. Results are expected back on Saturday and will be sent to the account you logged in with to complete the form below. Please check that account for results.
Instructions to fill the sample vials are available in our Parent Portal. You will also find these instructions in the kit. Step 5 of the procedure is to place the enclosed, preprinted label with your last name, first name and DOB on the vial, without covering the barcode and then placing the vial in the Ziplock bag to bring it to school. Please note that specimens not labeled cannot be sent to the lab and will be discarded.
Furthermore, the school has not been and is not the provider for this test. GISNY is merely facilitating the contact between you and LabQ Diagnostics as a courtesy and in another effort to help keep the school safer and the numbers down. Please consult the website of the lab with any questions or contact the lab directly. Please remember that they may have very high processing volumes at the moment and may not be able to respond in a timely fashion.
In the likely event that numbers spike further and that testing certain percentages of our school community will become mandatory for the school to stay open, we will be offering a choice of saliva based or anterior nasal based swab tests to volunteers but also selected cohorts.
LabQ Diagnostics 140 58th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220 Phone (718) 534-5227
Please log in with a @gisny account to fill out the form below and receive a COVID test kit by LabQ Diagnostics. One separate form should be filled for each person requesting a test kit.
We will continue to offer testing weekly until spring break: Jan. 28th, Feb. 4th, Feb. 11th, Feb. 25th, March 4th, March 11th, March 18th, and March 25th. The same sign up link above can be used starting Mondays at 9:00 am of the respective week, sign up ends Wednesdays at 12:00 pm.
Please do not participate in this test if you have any symptoms or if you have tested positive in the last 90 days before the testing date. Please contact your health care provider if you have symptoms.
Please note that anybody that has not come to school yet this year is required to send a negative test result for a PCR test no older than 6 days before coming to school.
If you have not received a copy of your COVID-19 test result done at our school on Jan. 7, 2021 and need one, please contact:
Accu Reference Medical Lab You can also submit your questions and/or comments using this form:
Thank you for your cooperation.
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