Prisma Health and SCDHEC Holding 11-Hour Long Community COVID-19 Test Event Tuesday

From Prisma Health Officials:

Prisma Health will pilot an 11-hour community testing event – almost three times as long as its usual community testing event – in Seneca on Tuesday, July 14.

The community testing event will run 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, at Blue Ridge Elementary School, at 995 S. Oak Street.

Prisma Health’s previous community testing sites typically ran for four hours, but Prisma Health worked with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control to expand the hours and bring on additional staffing and other resources for Tuesday’s event.

Testing is a priority for Prisma Health, especially providing access to communities that need it the most.

Here is what community members should know about Prisma Health community testing sites:

  • All those who think they might have COVID-19 will be tested.
  • No one needs a doctor’s order at community sites. (Physician-ordered testing for patients who already have providers, have completed a Virtual Visit or need pre-surgical testing takes place at hospital-based testing sites as instructed by their providers.)
  • Testing will be given regardless of ability to pay.
  • No appointment is needed.
  • Spanish-speaking Prisma Health team members will be available at every site.
  • All those taking part will be given masks when they arrive. They will also be asked to maintain social distancing.
  • Test results should come back within four days.
  • Everyone tested will receive follow-up information about test results – whether positive or negative – from providers at Prisma Health.
  • Everyone will get tips on isolating at home if sick, caring for themselves and seeking more help if symptoms worsen.

For more information about additional upcoming community testing, as well as details about hospital-based testing, visit https://www.prismahealth.org/coronavirus/

For more information on COVID-19 testing throughout S.C., visit scdhec.gov/covid19mobileclinics or  scdhec.gov/covid19testing.

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