Updated December 14th, 2020 On December 11, 2020, the FDA approved the first emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Vaccine can be distributed to individuals who are 16 years of age or older. The vaccine is to be administered to frontline healthcare providers, first

A Global Pandemic and its Effect on the Opioid Epidemic In the midst of a global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the United States is still fighting the all familiar opioid crisis. Though we have made great strides as a nation to create awareness and gain control of

A Timeline of COVID-19 In December 2019, an outbreak of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) ensued in Wuhan, China, which lead to a global pandemic that supervened upon the year 2020. Due to the rapid spread of the virus, experts began to work tirelessly on gathering information and data about

COVID or the Cold? As we enter fall the sniffles are sure to start going around. But is it just a cold or flu, or could it actually be the new coronavirus strain, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)? Not being certain if you’re experiencing COVID-19 symptoms is extra stress that

Swab Collection Methods for COVID-19 Testing As we learn more about the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) virus, the FDA continues to update it’s standards on collection methods. Testing laboratories have also faced issues with finding the swabs needed for testing (though not our customers). So what are the current

Laboratories have had difficulties finding the equipment needed to run successfully, including Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal swabs to collect samples. DTPM is proud to announce that we have the ability to fulfill your orders of MTM and VTM swabs in unlimited quantities! Our sales team will work with

False COVID-19 Test Results from Thermo Fisher Testing Kits The FDA has reported risk of false results with Thermo Fisher Scientific TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kits. We wanted to assure you that while DTPM utilizes Thermo Fisher equipment and other consumables, we do not use their COVID-19 assay.

We Need More Laboratories That Can Test for Coronavirus Currently, it is still difficult for some people in the United States to get a test to see if they have contracted COVID-19. Our Country needs existing laboratories to add this test to their services so we can