![]() Our screening strategies will help us identify and isolate infection.” We know that one of our biggest community health challenges is that asymptomatic people can be transmitting the coronavirus for weeks. “The Scientific Advisory Board has been a tremendous resource in our planning. “We have deployed UMaine’s capacity for science and innovation in service to our state throughout the pandemic,” said President Ferrini-Mundy. The board is chaired by UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. Testing strategies and logistics are being developed to accommodate all seven UMS universities and the University of Maine School of Law. Planning for the effort has been guided by the University of Maine System Scientific Advisory Board, which was formed by Chancellor Malloy to support the Fall 2020 Safe Return Planning Committee. The laboratory has established testing agreements with clinical, governmental, academic, and business partners. JAX’s CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) and CAP-accredited laboratory had, until recently, focused on complex tumor profiling assays to help cancer patients and their clinicians learn more about specific tumors to try to identify the most appropriate treatment options for patients. When the pandemic hit, the nonprofit quickly adapted its capabilities and expertise to now also test patient samples for the presence of a specific RNA signature unique to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The partnership will focus on RT-PCR testing, which is considered one of the most reliable COVID-19 tests, with high accuracy and low false positives. The samples will be tested by JAX for the presence of the virus. Under the agreements, CMD will provide “wrap around” services, establishing sites at each UMS university to gather samples and administer and report results. Orono, Maine - University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Chancellor Dannel Malloy announced today that the University of Maine System (UMS) has entered into partnerships with the nonprofit biomedical research institution The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and ConvenientMD (CMD) to provide comprehensive COVID-19 testing services. UMS testing protocols will be based on guidance from UMS Scientific Advisory Board, likely to include screening of thousands of out-of-state and resident hall students, identifying and isolating incidents of COVID-19 infection and protecting at-risk populations before classes begin
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