Coronavirus saliva
testing kit
Saliva testing kit to detect presence of
RNA from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus)
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Identify COVID-19 infection
Our testing kit shows the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)
Saliva based
No invasive nasopharyngeal swabs, simply spit in the tube
UK laboratory
Our UK laboratory adheres to high standards of quality assurance and controls
How it works
1
We dispatch the testing kit to your home, work or clinic within 48 hours by courier
2
Provide a saliva sample in the collection tube and return it to our lab via pre paid courier
3
Results via online dashboard within 24 hours of being received back at our lab
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More information
With the Chronomics saliva test, the collection of the sample can be done anywhere - at home, work or in the clinic. Other tests (such as nasopharyngeal swabs) normally require a trained medical professional to administer correctly and are more invasive and painful.
Read more in our blog post "Bringing painless coronavirus saliva testing to our homes".
This test detects the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19, known as SARS-CoV-2, using an RT-PCR method. There are three possible outcomes from the testing:
- Positive - testing positive for the virus means that the sample provided contains SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA. This result could be returned even in the absence of symptoms.
- Negative - this result means that the sample provided does not contain detectable levels of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA. However, you could have been previously infected by the virus and you could be infected at a future date.
- Inconclusive - this result means that the test results did not meet the requirements to be reported as a positive detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in the sample, and should be treated clinically as Not Detected. However, this also means that there was partial detection of a signal from SARS-CoV-2 that warrants notification under duty of care for further investigation. Re-testing in these cases is recommended.
Our test is currently pending approval for use in the NHS. Meanwhile we want to offer our spare lab capacity to help others. Read more in our blog post "Chronomics’ solution to scale mass testing for COVID-19".
Our day job is analysing epigenetic data from saliva samples to give actionable health insights. However, we’re currently diverting part of our saliva testing resources to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more in our blog post "Chronomics: from epigenetics to coronavirus testing".
We are currently in the process of receiving FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Read more in our blog post, "PCR vs antibody, FDA approved, CE marked? The landscape of COVID-19 testing explained".
You can find this information below for the different components of the Chronomics COVID-19 testing kit (including the laboratory reagents and protocols):
SaliVIR Collect home collection kit
SaliVIR Bead Xtract Viral RNA/DNA kit
SaliVIR COVID19 Rapid 1 STEP QRT-PCR kit
