AT HOME COVID-19 TESTING

Find out if you currently have COVID-19 without leaving home.
We'll send our technician to your home to collect your nasal swab sample. Our lab will test your sample for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (also called COVID-19), a respiratory illness.

Test results are available on average in 1-2 days after your sample are collected. With the recent increase in demand for this product, results on average may take 1-2 days longer.

Please note this test does not detect antibodies or immunity; it is designed to determine active infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. For more information on antibody testing visit.

 

HOW IT WORKS: 

1- Call our Clinic at (713) 621 2556

2- Schedule an appointment for our technician to visit you.

3- Our technician will arrive on appointment date/time, take the nasal Swab from you either inside your home or outside your home (front yard or garage).

4- We will update you with the results within 1 to 2 business days. 

Note: our technicians are well equipped and follow the highest safety standards. 

 

FAQs: 

What is the methodology?
Quantitative Real Time-PCR assays provided by CDC and Thermo Fisher.

What is the sensitivity and specificity of the test for the COVID 19?
Sensitivity (10 copies of viral RNA/ul). Specificity (100%), tested across a number of respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen positive patient samples. Also check the in silico analysis provided by CDC and Thermo Fisher for their assays.

How was your testing validated, Who provided the reference material for the validation? Initially the validations were done using RNA and DNA control materials provided by the manufacturers. Since then we have done correlation studies with other labs running the test and have established a 100% positive detection rate.

What is the false negative rate on the COVID testing?
As of now, 0%

* SSTA Clinic offers this test and collection kit with an FDA Emergency Use Authorization. This means that while the laboratory performing this test has validation data to support offering this test and the collection kit, neither have been approved or cleared by the FDA. This test has only been authorized by FDA for detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., the COVID-19 virus), and not for any other virus or pathogen. It is only authorized during the duration of the COVID-19 emergency declaration by federal regulators. SSTA Clinic may modify or cease to offer the test and the test kit upon direction of state or federal regulators in its sole discretion. Please see the Patient Fact Sheet and the Health Care Provider Fact Sheet for additional information.



Contact Info

SSTAClinic

Address:
1200 Binz suite 1020
Houston, TX 77004

Phone: (713) 621 2556

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