CrossOver clinics offer saliva COVID-19 tests
Free Press staff report | 2/16/2023, 6 p.m.
CrossOver Healthcare Ministry is now offering a saliva-based COVID-19 test at its locations in Richmond and Henrico County to low-income, uninsured and underserved residents.
The nonprofit is the first in Virginia to offer the tests, which involve a mix of saliva and a special solution, inserted into a testing machine to provide results in 28 minutes.
“The advantage to using this method is that we don’t have to store a specimen or send it to an outside lab that would take three to five days to process the sample,” said Kaitlyn Patter- son, a CrossOver nurse manager. “Patients don’t have to wait for results that may no longer be useful by the time they are received.
“We’re thrilled to have this as an option because it’s less invasive for patients, and we can get reliable PCR results that are more accurate than rapid test results in less than thirty minutes.”
CrossOver’s clinics are located at 108 Cowardin Ave. in Richmond and 8600 Quioccasin Road in Henrico County. More information can be found at www.crossoverministry.org.
