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SalivaDirect is a PCR test that must be processed in a lab with a PCR machine.
The Pac-12 already has all that: It has PCR tests available, and it has contracted with a lab that possesses a PCR machine.
But more than 24 hours are needed for shipping and processing time.
The conference couldn’t be sure that the results of PCR tests administered on Friday would be received in time for kickoff on Saturday.
“There is nothing special about that test,’’ Harmon said of SalivaDirect. “We have PRC tests, but to do everything is logistically difficult.”
SalivaDirect is a PCR test that must be processed in a lab with a PCR machine.
The Pac-12 already has all that: It has PCR tests available, and it has contracted with a lab that possesses a PCR machine.
But more than 24 hours are needed for shipping and processing time.
The conference couldn’t be sure that the results of PCR tests administered on Friday would be received in time for kickoff on Saturday.
“There is nothing special about that test,’’ Harmon said of SalivaDirect. “We have PRC tests, but to do everything is logistically difficult.”
