Spectrum Solutions Named Official Testing Partner for Little League® Region and World Series Tournaments
PRESS RELEASE
Little League International
July 20th, 2021
This July and August, Little League® and Spectrum Solutions, LLC are teaming up to be part of the solution to return Little Leaguers® safely back to the field for the 2021 Little League Baseball and Softball Region and World Series tournaments.
As the Official Testing Partner for Little League Baseball and Softball, Spectrum Solutions will be providing Little League International with its SDNA-1000 saliva testing kits, the same tests the MLB players use, for players, coaches, and managers to use throughout their time at the Region and World Series Tournaments. With this partnership, Spectrum Solutions also becomes the first official partner across Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Little League.
“The safety and well-being of our players and volunteers are of paramount importance when running our Region and World Series tournaments each summer, and we are grateful to be partnering together with Spectrum Solutions to help safely allow our players to get back on the field,” said Stephen D. Keener, Little League President and CEO. “The results they have seen during MLB’s highly successful 2020 and 2021 seasons shows their expertise and success and we look forward to working with them this July and August.”
Upon arrival at the Region and World Series events, all players, coaches, and managers, regardless of vaccination status, will undergo COVID-19 testing and have significantly limited contact from other individuals outside their team until negative tests can be confirmed. Unvaccinated participants will also receive regular COVID-19 tests, every other day, throughout the tournament.
Through this partnership, the participants at each of the 2021 Region and World Series events will be taking the same non-invasive saliva tests that the MLB players used to test for COVID-19 at no cost to them or their families. At these tournaments, these PCR saliva tests will be collected by a Little League International-appointed individual for processing, and results are expected within 24 to 48 hours.
“Spectrum Solutions is the first ever official partner across Little League, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball,” said Bill Phillips, COO of Spectrum Solutions. “This not only demonstrates trust and validation of the saliva-based tests, but also the commitment to providing PCR testing, which has been shown to be the most accurate and reliable COVID-19 testing approach to date. We are grateful to Little League for this opportunity to be part of the solution and get young baseball and softball players back on the field and in the game.”
According to research conducted by Thermo Fisher Scientific, these PCR tests have a more than 99% sensitivity for detection of the virus and are considered the “gold standard” for detecting whether the virus is present, even low viral loads in the absence of symptoms.
About the Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball® World Series
The Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series and Region Tournaments feature tournament teams from local leagues for players league age 10 to 12. Region tournaments are held throughout July and August at Little League International’s Region Complexes in Whitestown, Indiana; Bristol, Connecticut; Warner Robins, Georgia; Waco, Texas; and San Bernardino, California. The Little League Softball World Series, to be held from August 11-18, for the first time in Greenville, North Carolina, with the field comprised of the top two finishers from the Central Region, East Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, and West Region. The Little League Baseball World Series will be played from August 19-29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with two teams from the Great Lakes Region, Mid-Atlantic Region, Midwest Region, New England Region, Northwest Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, and West Region.
Additional information, including a full set of Frequently Asked Questions, schedule information, and important updates throughout the coming months can be found at LittleLeague.org/WorldSeries.
Spectrum Solutions Named Official Testing Partner for Little League® Region and World Series Tournaments
PRESS RELEASE
Little League International
July 20th, 2021
This July and August, Little League® and Spectrum Solutions, LLC are teaming up to be part of the solution to return Little Leaguers® safely back to the field for the 2021 Little League Baseball and Softball Region and World Series tournaments.
As the Official Testing Partner for Little League Baseball and Softball, Spectrum Solutions will be providing Little League International with its SDNA-1000 saliva testing kits, the same tests the MLB players use, for players, coaches, and managers to use throughout their time at the Region and World Series Tournaments. With this partnership, Spectrum Solutions also becomes the first official partner across Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Little League.
“The safety and well-being of our players and volunteers are of paramount importance when running our Region and World Series tournaments each summer, and we are grateful to be partnering together with Spectrum Solutions to help safely allow our players to get back on the field,” said Stephen D. Keener, Little League President and CEO. “The results they have seen during MLB’s highly successful 2020 and 2021 seasons shows their expertise and success and we look forward to working with them this July and August.”
Upon arrival at the Region and World Series events, all players, coaches, and managers, regardless of vaccination status, will undergo COVID-19 testing and have significantly limited contact from other individuals outside their team until negative tests can be confirmed. Unvaccinated participants will also receive regular COVID-19 tests, every other day, throughout the tournament.
Through this partnership, the participants at each of the 2021 Region and World Series events will be taking the same non-invasive saliva tests that the MLB players used to test for COVID-19 at no cost to them or their families. At these tournaments, these PCR saliva tests will be collected by a Little League International-appointed individual for processing, and results are expected within 24 to 48 hours.
“Spectrum Solutions is the first ever official partner across Little League, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball,” said Bill Phillips, COO of Spectrum Solutions. “This not only demonstrates trust and validation of the saliva-based tests, but also the commitment to providing PCR testing, which has been shown to be the most accurate and reliable COVID-19 testing approach to date. We are grateful to Little League for this opportunity to be part of the solution and get young baseball and softball players back on the field and in the game.”
According to research conducted by Thermo Fisher Scientific, these PCR tests have a more than 99% sensitivity for detection of the virus and are considered the “gold standard” for detecting whether the virus is present, even low viral loads in the absence of symptoms.
About the Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball® World Series
The Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series and Region Tournaments feature tournament teams from local leagues for players league age 10 to 12. Region tournaments are held throughout July and August at Little League International’s Region Complexes in Whitestown, Indiana; Bristol, Connecticut; Warner Robins, Georgia; Waco, Texas; and San Bernardino, California. The Little League Softball World Series, to be held from August 11-18, for the first time in Greenville, North Carolina, with the field comprised of the top two finishers from the Central Region, East Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, and West Region. The Little League Baseball World Series will be played from August 19-29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with two teams from the Great Lakes Region, Mid-Atlantic Region, Midwest Region, New England Region, Northwest Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, and West Region.
Additional information, including a full set of Frequently Asked Questions, schedule information, and important updates throughout the coming months can be found at LittleLeague.org/WorldSeries.
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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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