An Update Regarding Seasonal Illnesses

To help prevent the spread of seasonal respiratory illnesses, we strongly encourage all visitors to wear a mask while in ambulatory clinics or inpatient units. Surgical masks are available at hospital and clinic entrances. Patients with respiratory illnesses should also wear masks. Thank you for helping protect our patients, staff, and community.

Below is a list of available discarded clinical and prospective cohort samples. Our samples are coded with a unique ID at time of release to the investigator. Samples are paired with a minimal amount of clinical data, further described here.

Discarded Clinical Samples

  • Transport media from nasopharyngeal swabs (COVID+ and COVID- patients)
  • Transport media from oropharyngeal swabs (COVID+ and COVID- patients)
  • Serum (COVID+ and COVID- patients)
  • Plasma (COVID+ and COVID- patients)

Prospective Cohort Samples

Inpatients 

Patients admitted to BMC with COVID-19 disease. Samples are collected weekly from time of admission up until discharge

  • Transport media from nasopharyngeal swabs 
  • Transport media from oropharyngeal swabs
  • Saliva
  • Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMCs)
  • Serum 
  • Plasma
  • RNA stabilization tubes (i.e., BD PAXgene® tubes)
  • Urine
  • Stool

Ambulatory patients

Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in the ambulatory clinic setting at BMC. Samples are collected within the first week after diagnosis, one month after diagnosis, and two months after diagnosis.

  • Transport media from nasopharyngeal swabs
  • Transport media from oropharyngeal swabs
  • Saliva
  • PBMCs
  • Serum
  • Plasma
  • RNA stabilization tubes (i.e., BD PAXgene® tubes)

COVID-19 survivors

Individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 who are >= 2 weeks out from resolution of acute symptoms. Samples are collected 1, 2, 3, and 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after diagnosis.

  • Transport media from nasopharyngeal swabs
  • Transport media from oropharyngeal swabs
  • Saliva
  • PBMCs
  • Serum
  • Plasma
  • RNA stabilization tubes (i.e., BD PAXgene® tubes)