BD’s Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test is now available for purchase through digital health company Everly Health and certain Southeastern-based grocery chains.
The BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test—which is also available for purchase on Amazon.com—is an at-home COVID-19 test that uses a smartphone camera and app to capture and interpret results, eliminating the human subjectivity in other visually read at-home antigen tests.
Everly Health offers tests to businesses, government agencies, and consumers through their subsidiaries, Everlywell, and Everly Health Solutions. Tests are available directly to consumers on everlywell.com and available to enterprise customers through everlyhealthsolutions.com/covid-19.
When purchased through Everly Health Solutions, the BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test integrates with Everly Health Solutions’ proprietary COVID-19 platform to give organizations the ability to send at-home tests to individuals, securely view test results for both PCR and rapid tests purchased through the company and help manage all elements of a COVID testing program.
“Convenient at-home rapid testing is one of the best tools our country has to combat COVID-19 and protect our workplaces and schools,” says Bill Paquin, general manager of Everly Health Solutions, Everly Health’s enterprise division. “Now with the launch of the BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test on our site and platform, we’re pleased to offer organizations the ability to send rapid at-home tests to their members and easily keep track of the results on a single comprehensive platform.”
Meanwhile, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket, and Winn-Dixie stores now offer tests to consumers in all in-store pharmacy departments at more than 230 grocery store locations.
“Reliable and widely available testing remains one of the most important measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and have rapid test results to support decision-making by your healthcare provider,” says Dave Hickey, president of Life Sciences for BD. “Distributors and retailers such as Everly Health and Southeastern Grocers play an important role in the fight against the virus by providing broad, convenient access to at-home tests. With family gatherings and holiday parties on the near horizon, detection of COVID-19 is more important than ever.
The BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test uses the Scanwell mobile app on a smartphone to interpret and provide a digital display of testing results in 15 minutes. The test also fully automates reporting of results to federal and state public health agencies and provides a streamlined experience for optional reporting to businesses and schools. The BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test comes with two tests in each box to facilitate serial testing.
The BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test has not been FDA cleared or approved; but has been authorized by FDA under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
Featured image: The BD Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test is now available online through Everly Health and in-store at Winn-Dixie, Harveys Supermarket, and Fresco y Más. Photo: BD
