Science Daily

Saliva can be more effective than nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing, researchers find

The addition of a simple processing step to saliva samples before testing may improve COVID-19 detection rate, eliminate the challenges of nasopharyngeal testing, and facilitate mass surveillance, ...
Labroots

Lollipop for saliva collection

A team of researchers at the University of Washington have designed a novel (and unique!) way to collect saliva samples for testing, particularly from children: a special type of lollipop. This ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Is Routine COVID-19 Saliva Testing in Childcare an Effective Prevention Measure?

In total, 3509 saliva samples were collected from children (aged 6 months to 7 years) and staff enrolled in 8 childcare facilities starting in October 2020. Data presented in this study was collected ...
Business Wire

SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Kit From Spectrum Solutions used to Track Viral Variants and Successfully Detect Omicron Including Mutations

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectrum Solutions, LLC today announced that COVID-19 RT-PCR saliva tests using the Spectrum SDNA-1000 for bio-sample collection will also successfully be able to ...