THE NEW YORK TIMES
Just Spit and Wait- New Coronavirus Test Offers Advantage
Saliva Transport Stability:
Saliva has not only been demonstrated to be a robust source of viral RNA but when preserved with Spectrum’s patented preservation solution it has been proven to protect COVID-19 transcripts for an extended period of time, making sample collection and transport to CLIA testing labs more efficient and amenable to global testing.
- The FDA specifies the SDNA-1000 as the ONLY device that is currently authorized for saliva collection for COVID-19 testing.
- “Saliva specimens must be collected, transported, and stored using the Spectrum Solutions LLC SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Device.
- Rutgers’ Study proved that saliva samples can be shipped and stored at ambient temperatures with no degradation in quality.
- To support home use of the Spectrum Solutions LLC SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Device, a Simulated Shipping Study was performed that was designed to evaluate the effect of temperature variation on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 RNA during transport of saliva specimens.
- The study was conducted using residual clinical specimens that had previously been reported as SARS-CoV-2 positive or negative and stored at -80°C until the start of the study. The SARS-CoV-2 positive specimens were selected based on the Ct values obtained upon initial testing and covered the spectrum of Ct values observed with the assay.
- The specimens were thawed and then subjected to various thermal profiles which were intended to simulate the extreme temperature conditions that may be experienced in the shipment of specimens during the summer and winter.
- At the conclusion of each thermal profile, the samples were retested with the Rutgers TaqPath SARS-CoV-2 Assay and the results were compared to those reported upon initial testing at the time the specimens were received.
- Nineteen out of 20 Low Positive samples (95%) and 10/10 High Positive samples were reported as positive after exposure to the summer and winter temperature excursions.
- The mean and standard deviation of the Ct values for each gene target was similar before and after simulated shipping, with no evidence of significant degradation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
- All SARS-CoV-2 negative specimens were reported as “negative.”
- These results demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 RNA positive saliva specimens are stable in the SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Device when exposed to a broad range of temperature conditions.
- These data support the use of the SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Device for transport and storage of specimens following home collection of saliva.
- The SDNA-1000 easily displayed its might in shipping simulations at extreme temperatures for over 10 days with no degradation of sample efficacy, proving sample stability and integrity.
Noninvasive
Saliva Diagnostics
This changes everything!
Health is a dynamic state of well-being. Healthcare providers and researchers have long believed that changes in our saliva record our ongoing state-of-health story. Interestingly, saliva acts as a wide resource of genomic information useful for identifying and monitoring in real-time a disease as well as its state of progression. Saliva analysis looks at the cellular level, the biologically active compounds, making it a true representative of what is clinically relevant.
Spectrum’s technically-superior saliva collection systems have not only been engineered to lead the saliva collection industry in molecular diagnostics and clinical research applications but deliver the safest, most robust biomaterial for the earliest detection and diagnosis of disease and infection.
Noninvasive
Saliva Diagnostics
This changes everything
Health is a dynamic state of well-being. Healthcare providers and researchers have long believed that changes in our saliva record our ongoing state-of-health story. Interestingly, saliva acts as a wide resource of genomic information useful for identifying and monitoring in real-time a disease as well as its state of progression. Saliva analysis looks at the cellular level, the biologically active compounds, making it a true representative of what is clinically relevant.
Spectrum’s technically-superior saliva collection systems have not only been engineered to lead the saliva collection industry in molecular diagnostics and clinical research applications but deliver the safest, most robust biomaterial for the earliest detection and diagnosis of disease and infection.

Bringing Baseball Back!
How you collect saliva makes a big
diagnostic difference
Increase workplace safety and build team confidence with simple and safe repeat testing programs supporting 100% accurate early detection and easy direct-to-user at-home options. Just ask the MLB, real-world, mass testing scenarios require an authorized, proven, and supported system that mitigates any risk of exposure. See how our saliva collection system is credited for “bringing baseball back” and making Salt Lake “the league’s most important city”.
™/© 2020 MLB

Bringing Baseball Back!
How you collect saliva makes a big
diagnostic difference
Increase workplace safety and build team confidence with simple and safe repeat testing programs supporting 100% accurate early detection and easy direct-to-user at-home options. Just ask the MLB, real-world, mass testing scenarios require an authorized, proven, and supported system that mitigates any risk of exposure. See how our saliva collection system is credited for “bringing baseball back” and making Salt Lake “the league’s most important city”.
™/© 2020 MLB
Why Spectrum?
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spectrum Solutions® is a clinical science innovation leader and a specialized laboratory test ideation and commercialization partner. Our patented, noninvasive, and multi-omic specimen collection and preservation capabilities are setting new standards of modernized care for patients, providers, and laboratories in the testing, managing, and treatment of disease.
We believe when you bridge the gap between science and real direct-to-patient medical solutions you deliver innovation with the practical power to impact and change outcomes. Learn more Spectrum Medical Science SM, Spectrum Compounding Pharmacy TM, and Spectrum Clinical Manufacturing SM.
Spectrum Corporate Spokesman
Leslie Titus Bryant
Head of Marketing & Brand
admin@spectrumsolution.com
Media Contact
Tim Rush, Springboard5
801-208-1100
tim.rush@springboard5.com
Why Spectrum?
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spectrum Solutions® is a clinical science innovation leader and a specialized laboratory test ideation and commercialization partner. Our patented, noninvasive, and multi-omic specimen collection and preservation capabilities are setting new standards of modernized care for patients, providers, and laboratories in the testing, managing, and treatment of disease.
We believe when you bridge the gap between science and real direct-to-patient medical solutions you deliver innovation with the practical power to impact and change outcomes. Learn more Spectrum Medical Science SM, Spectrum Compounding Pharmacy TM, and Spectrum Clinical Manufacturing SM.
Spectrum Corporate Spokesman
Leslie Titus Bryant
Head of Marketing & Brand
admin@spectrumsolution.com
Media Contact
Tim Rush, Springboard5
801-208-1100
tim.rush@springboard5.com
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