At-home self-collection of saliva, oropharyngeal swabs and dried blood spots for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis and serology: Post-collection acceptability of specimen collection process and patient confidence in specimens.
Mariah Valentine-GravesEric William HallJodie Lynn GuestElizabeth AdamRachel ValenciaKaitlin ShinnIsabel J HardeeTravis SanchezAaron J SieglerPatrick Sean SullivanPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Self-collection of specimens for SARS-CoV-2 testing, and preparing and shipping specimens for analysis, were acceptable in a diverse group of US adults. Further refinement of materials and instructions to support self-collection of saliva, OPS and DBS specimens for COVID-related testing is needed.