The lab will test samples for the presence of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID infection and either your care provider or the lab will notify you with the results as soon as they are available. After that, the samples are packaged according to CDC guidelines and tested on-site or transported to a facility for testing. A member of the medical team puts a swab inside your nose for a few seconds on each side to collect the sample. Most COVID tests are collected by a nasal swab.
If you have been referred to get a COVID test by your healthcare provider or local health department. This could include travel, large social or mass gatherings, crowded indoor settings, etc. If you are unvaccinated and participated in high-risk activities where distancing is not an option. If you have been vaccinated, or tested positive in the past 3 months and not experiencing symptoms, you do not need to be tested. Close contact is defined as within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. If you have been in close contact with someone with confirmed COVID-19. If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. The CDC currently defines four instances where COVID testing is recommended: Who should get tested for current infection The presence of COVID antibodies may help to prevent you from becoming infected with the same virus again but, because the clinical understanding of COVID-19 is still developing, it's unclear how long that protection will continue. Results can take up to 2-3 days to arrive.Īntibody testing looks for a past infection and may not reveal if you have an active COVID-19 infection because antibodies can take up to three weeks to form in your body. The majority of tests, on the other hand, are collected at the clinic on-site and then submitted to off-site labs for processing. Some tests are processed out on-site and can provide results in as little as 30 minutes. Viral COVID testing can be done in a few different ways, the most common being nose swabs, but saliva tests are becoming more popular. There are two types of coronavirus tests (COVID-19 tests) available, those that can test for a current infection (viral test) and those that can test for a past infection (antibody test). I recommend anyone needing the COVID test or flu test to go to Cary location bc they are very punctual and actually care about what is wrong with you. That was very nice since I was not feeling well and wanted to be back at home. I did not have to sit and wait forever for someone to finally come back in each time they ran a test, they were right back in after each one. But they were in the room after tests were finished right at time they said it would be to run. I was there maybe an hour/ hour and half and most of it was the time it took for tests to be run. 
She then took time to listen to lungs and diagnose me with bronchitis. Told me it was negative and asked about flu test and did it and it would be about 20-25 minutes and she was back in about that. Did test and told me about 15 minutes and Dr came in about 15 minutes later. Walked me to room and had everything for test ready.
I waited maybe 10 minutes and nurse called and told me to come to a door and was right there as soon as I got to door. I really appreciate that! Very nice and friendly staff too! Checked in and waited in my car for nurse to call me. The nicest thing is after negative COVID test she could have just let me leave but wanted to actually take time and diagnose what was going on with me and help me get better. Gave me prescription and recommended trying GoodRx for best price due to no insurance. So she listened to my lungs and diagnosed me with bronchitis. Tested me for COVID and when it was negative asked if I wanted flu test to see if that was what I had. I had a very nice experience with it being my first visit at Cary location.
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