If your specimen goes to the ADPH lab for testing, when the tests are completed, the results will be sent to your physician and to ADPH. If your test is done in the ADPH lab, your doctor or healthcare provider can look up your test results on our lab electronic result site. If your test is positive, a health department COVID-19 Investigation Team member will call the physician to notify him/her of the results and ask that they notify you as their patient. If your test is positive, a COVID-19 Investigation Team member will call you with further instructions and ask you questions.

If your specimen goes to a commercial lab (private labs who run specimens for tests for COVID-19), the commercial lab will report your test results to your doctor or healthcare provider. Commercial labs are required, by law, to report positive tests to the health department within four hours of getting the results.