Press Releases & News Worthy Mentions

“…This provides an additional option for the easy, safe and convenient collection of samples required for testing without traveling to a doctor’s office, hospital or testing site…”

“I call it innovation under pressure, the tests can be self-administered by patients in health care settings, which will reduce exposure for medical workers and save personal protective equipment.”

“The plus side is the immense benefit at the population level for a less invasive option than the current nose and throat swab collection methods for COVID-19.”

“At-home saliva kits are the next frontier in virus testing.”

“Salt Lake City doesn’t have an MLB team, but it’s now the league’s most important city! Bringing Baseball Back.”

“Saliva is a better diagnostic sample for COVID-19 testing than nasopharyngeal swabs. Widespread use of saliva sampling could be transformative for public health efforts. Our experiment also detected SARS-CoV-2 from the saliva of two asymptomatic healthcare workers who tested negative from their nasopharyngeal swabs.”

“The logistics of testing all students coming back to campus with enough time to turn around test results before their arrival meant we had to collaborate with partners capable of overcoming these challenges, Vault Health and Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics lab are among the best at what they do. This is what we wanted for our students.”

“The ability to detect cancer at its earliest onset, even before imaging scans can find it, using spit? That’s a serious game-changer. In the fight against cancer, early detection is really everything. It’s the benefit of knowing you have time and options thanks to the testing innovation from Spectrum Solutions and UCLA.”

“The saliva-based test actually looks like it performs better than the normal testing, which requires a swab from the nose.”

“A tremendous advance to current COVID-19 sample collection strategies, SDNA-1000 saliva collection device creates the most robust and safest biomaterial collection approach for the detection of COVID-19 infection with 100% inactivation of the live virus.”

“On behalf of the board, staff, students, and everyone in The Roots of Music family, thank you for your incredible gift of saliva tests to use on September 26th during our community COVID-19 testing event. Because of you, we are able to offer easy, safe, and effective COVID-19 tests to our children, their families, and our community and neighbors. We are grateful for you saving our noses!”

“We would like to thank Spectrum Solutions for playing such an integral role in Major League Baseball’s return to the field in 2020. We needed a safe, reliable, and non-invasive way to regularly test and monitor players and Club personnel this season. Spectrum has proven to be the best option available for our ongoing needs. We appreciate Spectrum’s support, collaboration, and assistance during this challenging time.”