The companies Analyze and Laboratory Diagnostic Center have this modality available to the public
Among the five private laboratories to which the Ministry of Health has granted the certification to perform the PCR-RT test to detect COVID-19, there are two that have self-service, a very convenient modality for people who become sieving, as they do not have to get out of their vehicle for nasopharyngeal swabs.
These companies are Laboratory Diagnostic Center (Fonts Beethoven branch) and Laboratory Analyzes (Avinguda Jerusalem), which serve hundreds of Salvadorans every day. The other three also take the Polymerase Chain Reaction Test (PCR-RT), but people arriving by vehicle have to park the same and then move on to testing inside the labs.
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Blanca Oliva, general manager of the Diagnostic Center Laboratory, explained that they attend by appointment, with half-hour spaces, appointments that can be made in person or by phone, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm I l “The time of the test is from 6:00 am to 11:30 am.” We do not attend in order of arrival but by appointment, in order to prevent traffic in the area, “said the manager, who recommends customers make their appointment three days in advance.
PCR-RT testing inside the vehicle, in self-service mode, is very convenient for people who want to know if they are infected. At the Diagnostic Center Laboratory and the Analyze Laboratory, its employees operate with all safety measures. / Photo EDH Archive
The Laboratory Diagnostic Center explains on its Facebook page that it is the only one that performs the test in a 100% automated way, which “eliminates human error and allows us to provide reliable results on the same day,” your information.
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An important clarification in both companies, is that people who arrive by motorcycle can not be swab nasopharyngeal on this vehicle, so they must park and enter a booth for sampling.
Ramon Germay Barrallaga, manager of Laboratorio Analitza, explained that the company attends with testing between 05:30 and 5:00 pm, and added that they plan to extend the service to not only do it in the branch in the Jerusalem Avenue (operating since August), but in a month two more will open, both in the Medical Colony and in Santa Anna.