Bard Academy and Bard College at Simon’s Rock has hired the Broad Institute’s laboratory, the Clinical Research Sequencing Platform (CRSP), to provide SARS-CoV-2 testing to its students for the Fall 2020 Semester. This form explains the SARS-CoV-2 test and who will get your child’s results. The tests that your child will receive throughout the Fall 2020 semester are designed to detect if they have SARS-CoV-2, also known as the “coronavirus.” SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the disease known as COVID-19. The results of this test will NOT tell you if your child had the virus in the past or if they have immunity to getting the virus in the future. IT ONLY TESTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE VIRUS IN YOUR CHILD'S SPECIMEN AT THE TIME OF THE TEST.  Your child’s specimen will be collected through a process that involves swabbing their nose.

Please review this Fact Sheet for Patients for more details on testing: https://covid-19-test-info.broadinstitute.org/downloads/CRSP_Patient_FactSheet.pdf