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Michael Chen is the owner of Royal Sushi in New Orleans. Although he and his staff regularly sanitize their surfaces to keep people safe from the pandemic, he decided to order a COVID-19 testing kit by mail. Before opening for the day earlier this week, he was able to detect a trace of COVID-19 on the front of his entrance door through the test. “We can stop it before we open the door…for the new customer to come in. Now we know where the problem is,” says Chen. According to their website, the test provided by Surface Testing Solutions, is a molecular test specifically for COVID-19 – different than the well-known bacterial testing administered on people during the pandemic. Molecular testing has a higher efficiency rate with fewer false-positive results since it’s specifically for coronavirus. “This is really important because we can stop the spread without having people getting infected and go throughout the city,” says STS President Matthew Lamp. “He (Chen) saved probably 100 people from being exposed and their exposures from there would’ve been exponential.” STS is based out of Ponchatoula and partners with Dynamic Solutions, a CLIA licensed lab in Mississippi. They ship the kits direct to facilities and can get the lab results within the same day through an email. Lamp says the company has provided tests to 20 different businesses in the New Orleans region. Some of the common high-touch surfaces where COVID-19 has been found through their tests have been doors and floor surfaces. They hope to provide tests for more businesses in Louisiana and across the country to help stop community spread of the coronavirus. “We want them (customers) to come out and be safe, a safe environment for the customers and our employees too,” says Chen. Click on the video for more on this story.
Michael Chen is the owner of Royal Sushi in New Orleans. Although he and his staff regularly sanitize their surfaces to keep people safe from the pandemic, he decided to order a COVID-19 testing kit by mail.
Before opening for the day earlier this week, he was able to detect a trace of COVID-19 on the front of his entrance door through the test.
“We can stop it before we open the door…for the new customer to come in. Now we know where the problem is,” says Chen.
According to their website, the test provided by Surface Testing Solutions, is a molecular test specifically for COVID-19 – different than the well-known bacterial testing administered on people during the pandemic. Molecular testing has a higher efficiency rate with fewer false-positive results since it’s specifically for coronavirus.
“This is really important because we can stop the spread without having people getting infected and go throughout the city,” says STS President Matthew Lamp. “He (Chen) saved probably 100 people from being exposed and their exposures…
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