Coronavirus Environmental Monitoring Program

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many new and different challenges our global communities have never experienced before. As business operators and employers, reassuring your teams their work environment is safe shouldn’t be one of them.

Eurofins coronavirus environmental monitoring solution

We now provide testing for coronavirus on workplace surfaces in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. The analysis enables organizations in diverse industries to test and monitor for coronavirus, with the key benefits of strengthening sanitation programs and getting your business back to work, faster.

Easy-to-use, toolkit based approach

We equip you with all the supplies and expert guidance you need to execute a coronavirus environmental monitoring program (EMP). Our complete toolkit is a validated solution to quickly and simply test for the presence of coronavirus on surfaces and objects by means of environmental swabs. Upon connecting with your Eurofins representative, you’ll receive a collection kit with step-by-step instructions for sampling to shipping as well as the validated tools required for collection.

Your collection kit will include:

• Appropriate swabs
• Alcohol wipes
• Disposable gloves
• Sampling Instructions and guide
• Insulated shipping container
• Gel packs
• Return shipping label

Test methodology

Eurofins Technologies’ VIRSeek RT-PCR* platform tests for coronavirus using an initial screening for the E-gene, which encodes for the envelope surrounding the viral shell and can be used in conjunction with the VIRSeek SARS-CoV-2 Ident kit to confirm the pandemic virus. Testing is performed at our Eurofins Experchem (Ontario) laboratory which serves as our coronavirus competence center for surface monitoring in Canada.

*This test is appropriate for environmental surfaces (door handles, phones, common touchpoints, etc.). This test is not a clinical test and should not be used on personnel to determine if they are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Do you need assistance developing a coronavirus monitoring program or implementing a remediation plan?

We can work with you to identify the surfaces and objects to be sampled, how to sample and calculate the total number of swabs that should be taken. Our team of consulting experts are available to assist with the creation, implementation and management of your coronavirus EMP.

Connect with our specialized coronavirus response team today!