Case Study: a leading Washington-based molecular diagnostics laboratory achieves statewide COVID-19 school surveillance testing at scale with LigoLab's TestDirectly

Leading Molecular Lab Teams with TestDirectly to Provide State-Wide COVID-19 School Surveillance Testing

A leading Washington-based molecular diagnostics laboratory needed a scalable way to support statewide COVID-19 school surveillance testing while keeping collection, processing, and reporting fast and organized. It partnered with LigoLab and used TestDirectly, a direct-to-consumer lab testing portal powered by molecular LIS software, to help manage the program across school districts.

LigoLab’s TestDirectly platform streamlined registration, specimen tracking, compliance, and automated results delivery, enabling pooled testing of up to 25 swabs per specimen and reporting results in under 24 hours. During the pilot and rollout, the lab processed and reported a weekly average of 5,000 pooled specimens, increased productivity, reduced human error, and helped schools maintain safer in-person learning environments.