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    USMA continues rigorous COVID-19 strategy with surveillance testing [Image 2 of 5]

    USMA continues rigorous COVID-19 strategy with surveillance testing

    WEST POINT, NY, UNITED STATES

    08.26.2020

    Photo by Eric Bartelt 

    United States Military Academy at West Point

    McGee places a label on the viral transport media (test tube) that will hold the swab sample, which will then be transported to Keller Army Community Hospital for testing in the GeneXpert analyzer. Once the specimen is prepared and scanned, it is placed in the analyzer. Once in the GeneXpert, it takes about 50 minutes for the analyzer to provide a test result. The GeneXpert and PCR platforms look for a piece of RNA and if found, amplifies the strand so that the analyzer can determine if the specimen is positive or negative.

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    Date Taken: 08.26.2020
    Date Posted: 09.04.2020 12:33
    Photo ID: 6340166
    VIRIN: 200826-O-ZV784-836
    Resolution: 761x550
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    Location: WEST POINT, NY, US

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