Testing Information
At APSU we care about your health and wellbeing. For this reason, it is important
that all Covid-19 testing of faculty, staff, and students be conducted using PCR methods,
and here’s why: antigen testing, often referred to as rapid testing, can be highly
inaccurate. Some research demonstrates that antigen tests are only as accurate as
chance (48%). Accordingly, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend anyone
who obtains a negative antigen (rapid) test be retested using PCR methods to confirm
their results.
PCR testing methods are the standard at APSU. Boyd Health Services collects samples
using this method between the hours of 9am-11am, Monday-Friday, for any APSU member
who is symptomatic, who has been exposed to someone who is Covid-19 positive, or who
is a member of a formal surveillance testing program. Montgomery County Health Department
also collects samples for using this same methodology between the hours of 9am-2pm,
Monday-Friday.