This week, Kroger will begin testing frontline employees for COVID-19 using an at-home testing kit. The company aims to process up to 60,000 tests by the end of July.
The U.S Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization for Kroger to begin using an at-home test for employees in medical need.
In the announcement, president of Kroger’s healthcare division Colleen Lindholz says many people struggled to get tested because they do not have access to transportation or live near a testing site.
She says that Kroger Health will first start by offering the test to its associates, then expand to other companies and organizations.
To get tested, Kroger associates will be sent to a website to answer screening questions, and if the employee qualifies, a healthcare professional will ship a COVID-19 test to their home within two days.
A healthcare worker will then guide employees through testing themselves over video chat.
Employees will overnight ship their sample to a laboratory for testing, which will be processed within a day or two.
The testing is being done through a partnership between Kroger Health and Gravity Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory in Kentucky.
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