Las Vegas lab testing for coronavirus in less than 24 hours.

Las Vegas lab testing for coronavirus in less than 24 hours.

NEWS: CUUR Diagnostic Lab has streamlined the usually laborious drive thru testing process.

TESTING SITE IS PROMISINGFASTER RESULTS - PEOPLE ARELINING UP TO BE TESTED RIGHTNOW AT DESERT BREEZE PARK...WE ARE JOINED BY 13 ACTION NEWSREPORTER...SEAN DELANCEY WHO IS LIVE - -WITH WHAT MAKES THIS SITEDIFFERENT.SEAN...TODD - SPEED IS THE KEY WORD ATCUUR DIAGNOSTIC LAB.MANY TEST SITES ARE BACKLOGGED- DELAYING RESULTS FOR DAYS - -BUT RIGHT HERE - - YOU CANGET RESULTS IN AS LITTLE AS AFEW HOURS.TESTS - TESTS - AND MORE TESTS.CUUR DIAGNOSTIC LAB IS NOW INTHE DRIVE- TESTS - TESTS - ANDSOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING TOGET INTO." OWNER TRISH WILLSSAYS HER FLEDGLING LAS VEGASBASED LAB WAS ONLY PROCESSINGTESTS SHIPPED TO THEM FORMONTHS - NOT DOING THEIR OWN.BUT AS A NATIVE NEVADAN - SHEWANTED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.EMAIL." THE NEW SITE AT DESERTBREEZE PARK IS DIFFERENT -STREAMLINED.A UNIQUE SIGN-UP SYSTEM CREATEDBY JASWANT TONY ALLOWS THEM TOSIGN UP HUNDREDS OF WORRIEDLOCALS AT A TIME..."IT TOOK US TWO, TWO AND A HALFMONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKINGON THIS SYSTEM." A QUICK SWAB -- AND TONY DRIVES THE SAMPLESTO HER NEARBY LAB FORPROCESSING.TEST RESULTS CAN COME BACK INLESS THAN 24 HOURS.SOME - THE SAME DAY."WE TAKE SAMPLES IN, WE ASSESSTHEM THE SAME DAY, AND WESOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTHDISTRICT - FOR EXAMPLE - - CANTAKE MORE THAN A WEEK TO RETURNRESULTS."THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THEBOTTLE NECK." DOCTOR JOSEPHBENSON SAYS THEY SHOOT FORRESULTS IN 24 TO 48 HOURS - -WHEN THEY CAN EFFECTIVELYCONTACT TRACE.BUT THAT - ISN'T ALWAYSPOSSIBLE."PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE'REEXCEEDING TESTING CAPACITY ASWELL AS BEING ABLE TO GET THEMIN AND GET THE TESTSPERFORMED."TO GET A TEST HERE - YOU HAVETO REGISTER THROUGH THE CUURDIAGNOSTICS WEBSITE.AFTER THAT - YOU CAN HEAD ONDOWN WITH YOUR REGISTRATION -I-D - - AND PAYMENT - - ANDWAIT IN LINE FOR YOUR TEST.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.NEVADA IS REPORTING....