How Often Should You Test Your Staff For COVID-19?

With businesses slowly starting to return to the office, stores soon being able to open their doors, and the events industry finally starting to make summer plans, the global pandemic seems to be coming to an end. Even though businesses might re-open and staff may return to work, that doesn’t mean the danger has passed completely.

To ensure the safety of your staff, it is important to take swab samples to test for COVID-19, thereby creating a safe bubble in your workplace. With Cignpost Diagnostics’ services, businesses have the ability to create a safe environment in which their employees or staff can work.

The importance of testing your staff for COVID-19

Now that many people in the United Kingdom have been vaccinated, you might question the need to test your staff for COVID-19. First of all, not all people have been vaccinated yet, which means the virus can still spread among your staff and visitors. In workplaces where social distancing is close to impossible, one infected employee can be catastrophic to your business. As we have all seen how quickly the coronavirus was able to spread, we know the creation of a bubble with negatively tested people is crucial.

Hub and spoke testing with Cignpost Diagnostics

To guarantee the safety of your staff, Cignpost Diagnostics offers several solutions that can be adapted to the wishes and needs of your business. Hub and spoke testing is offered to test large amounts of people at one time — perfect for bigger businesses or corporations. With hub and spoke testing, Cignpost Diagnostics installs a mobile laboratory at your desired location and takes swab samples from hundreds of people. This is a quick and efficient way to test your entire staff for COVID-19 and exterminates any risk of collateral spread of the virus. After taking the swab samples, we courier them to one of our national networks of laboratories and return test results within an agreed turnaround time, usually around two to three days.

If your business requires quicker results, we suggest Cignpost Diagnostics’ rapid on-site testing facilities. To enable rapid testing, we install a mobile laboratory at your location which allows us to be completely self-sufficient. Everything from taking the swab samples to analysing them and delivering the results back to you, is all done on the spot. This eliminates a lot of time that is normally lost in transportation and allows us to return the test results within two to four hours. This method is extremely fast and yet the test results are as reliable as government tests.

How often should you swab test your staff for COVID-19?

The frequency at which you should test your staff for COVID-19 will differ, depending on your business’ field of work. Rapid COVID-19 testing is used on location for events, conferences or other important one-off gatherings. In this case, you will only need to test your staff once as the event is only happening once. However, if your business requires you to be present every single day, this will impact the frequency of on-site testing as well. Even if many people on your staff have been vaccinated, there will still be a need for COVID-19 testing facilities if some members of staff are yet to receive the vaccine.

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