Posted July 14, 2020. Past health advisories and alerts are archived for historical purposes and are not maintained or updated.
Many COVID-19 test results are taking 5-12 days to be reported due to demand and backlog at large out-of-state commercial labs. Quest Diagnostics is particularly impacted, as is LabCorp. This is very concerning because obtaining test results quickly is critical for informing our contact tracing efforts and containing spread of the virus.
It is critical that healthcare providers advise patients to isolate while awaiting test results. If COVID-19 is highly suspected, the patient’s household members should be strongly advised to quarantine as well.
On the next page is a list of Washington-based labs that have confirmed their willingness to provide molecular COVID-19 testing to hospitals and clinics. In most cases, in-state laboratories can process specimens and return results more rapidly than out-of-state labs. We strongly encourage you to use our in-state labs for COVID-19 testing so that we can shorten the turn-around time for test results. Furthermore, it would be useful for providers to identify multiple laboratory testing options so that COVID-19 specimens can be redirected to other labs in the state when necessary to ensure rapid results for patients.
Please reach out to the in-state labs listed on the next page to discuss and set up accounts.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
DOH COVID-19 Healthcare Provider Resources and Recommendations
CDC COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Professionals
SRHD Case Information and Provider Alerts
Washington-Based Laboratories Providing Molecular COVID-19 Testing
| Laboratory Name | Address | City | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Pathology & Northwest Laboratory | 3614 Meridian St Ste 100 | Bellingham | Jenny Bull | 360.734.2800 | |
| Molecular Testing Labs | 14401 SE 1st St | Vancouver | Adam Blackwell | 360.693.8850 | |
| UW Lab Medicine Virology (UW) MOLECULAR | 1616 Eastlake Ave E Ste 320 | Seattle | Alex Greninger | 206.685.6656 | |
| Atlas Genomics LLC | 2296 W Commodore Way Ste 220 | Seattle | Kyndra Capell | 888.618.6107 | |
| Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences | 2211 Elliott Avenue, Suite 410 | Seattle | Matthew E Hartman | mehartma@altius.org = director but jstam@altius.org is contact | 206.267.1091 |
| Molecular Epidemiology Inc | 15300 Bothell Way NE | Lake Forest Park | Hemantha Kulasekara | 206.522.5432 | |
| Fida Labs | 2296 W Commodore Way Ste 220 | Seattle | Quinne Feng, Ph.D | 206.708.4221 | |
| InCyte Diagnostics | 13103 E Mansfield Ave | Spokane | Cathryn Hummel | 425.998.5561 |
