COVID-19

 

Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing
Now available at our facility at 5570 Rangeline Road Mobile, AL 36619.

RT-PCR | $75 - Results available in 24-Hours
Antigen Testing | $50 - Results available in less than an hour

Cash or Credit Only!


Monday - 8:30-5pm
Tuesday - 8:30-5pm
Wednesday - 8:30-5pm
Thursday - 8:30-5pm
Friday - 8:30-5pm

 
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Covid 19 Testing Status
Synergy is offering Covid-19 RT- PCR diagnostic testing to healthcare facilities. Existing Synergy clients may order test kits through normal online channels. Prospective customers can contact Synergy by phone at (251) 662-9760 or establish a new client relationship by completing Synergy’s New Client Form.

Synergy Laboratories Offers the following testing options:

  • COVID RT-PCR

  • COVID RT-PCR via Saliva

  • COVID Pooling

  • COVID/Flu A & B

  • COVID Variant Sequencing

May 2020 | Synergy Laboratories has added a new testing platform to augment its vital COVID-19 diagnostic capabilities. The new platform more than doubles Synergy’s Reverse Transcription - Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing capability to approximately 2,500 tests per day while integrating seamlessly with Synergy’s already robust testing regimen, which is serving first-line responders, healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes all across the Gulf Coast and throughout the State of Alabama. Read more.

July 2020 | Synergy Laboratories is also now able to test for the presence of key antibodies to the coronavirus. Individuals infected with the coronavirus produce IgM and IgG antibodies, and identifying these antibodies can play a crucial role in understanding the degree of immunity a COVID-19 survivor has developed. Read more.

Important information from the Alabama Department of Public Health as of March 16, 2020

COVID-19 Testing
If a person has questions about being tested for COVID-19, they should call their healthcare provider to make arrangements for testing. It is important to call your healthcare provider's office before going in to let them know you may have COVID-19. This will help the healthcare provider's office keep others from getting infected or exposed to COVID-19.

If you do not have a healthcare provider, please call 1-888-264-2256, starting March 14 at 8:00 a.m. In the event the line is busy, please try to call again.

ADPH no longer requires patients to meet specific criteria to be tested for COVID-19. However, healthcare providers are the only persons who can perform our State Laboratory complete specimen collections and request testing. Healthcare providers evaluating patients should visit COVID-19 Resources for Healthcare Providers.

What To Do While You Wait For Test Results
After persons are tested for COVID-19, they should go home to self-isolate and remain there until their healthcare provider reported their results to them. They are not to go anywhere other than home. If a person is being tested for COVID-19 and hospitalized, they will be in isolation prescribed by the facility Infection Control Office. The decision to discontinue home isolation precautions should be made on a case-by-case basis, in consultation with healthcare providers and ADPH.

Testing Process
Healthcare providers in the state of Alabama who want to test someone for COVID-19 have the option of contacting ADPH for testing through the State Lab or contacting a commercial laboratory to conduct the testing.

Any person that a physician determines should be tested qualifies for testing. We are recommending that those at the highest risk seek testing for COVID-19.

If testing will be conducted through ADPH, the healthcare provider takes a nasopharyngeal (swab from the nose), using the same kind of swab used for flu tests. The specimen is then put in a viral transport media - again, the same thing used to transport samples being tested for flu and other viruses. The sample is shipped overnight to the State Lab, where a COVID-19 test kit provided by the CDC is used to check for the virus. Results are sent to your healthcare provider. The average time frame to conduct testing at the State Lab is between 24 to 72 hours.