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Sunshine Retirement Living Adds Respiratory Infections Testing Including COVID-19 to Strengthen Infection Prevention Protocols


BEND, Ore., April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact seniors across the country, Sunshine Retirement Living (www.sunshineret.com), a Bend, Oregon-based, family-owned senior housing company with 32 premier communities in 16 states, has announced that they will begin testing residents and employees who are exhibiting symptoms or who may have been exposed to the virus. The Vikor Scientifictm FDA-approved Respira-IDtm test will also be given to all new residents before they move into any of the company's communities.

Produced by Vikor Scientific, a high complexity CLIA certified and CAP-accredited molecular diagnostics laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, Respira-ID tests for over 40 pathogens known to cause respiratory illness including COVID-19. Vikor Scientific will provide in-depth virtual training to the community nursing staffs, who will administer the tests and oversee the shipment of samples back to Vikor Scientific for analysis within 24 hours. The testing will be conducted via the QuantStudiotm 12k Flex Open Array from the Thermo Fisher, which is an industry-leading instrument for PCR testing and has the capacity for high throughput, allowing Vikor Scientific to test a high volume of patients daily.

According to Luis Serrano, CEO, Sunshine Retirement Living, the tests are a critical factor to sustaining the company's ongoing, stringent and proactive infection prevention and mitigation protocols.

"Even before the CDC issued its mandates and guidelines for COVID-19 infection prevention and control procedures, Sunshine Retirement Living proactively began implementing heightened measures to help protect our residents and employees," said Serrano. "After weeks of urgently researching when and how we could begin testing within our communities, we chose Vikor Scientific's Respira-ID testing solution because of the lab's superior reputation, expeditious testing process, high throughput capacity, and FDA approval. For more than 20 years, the health and safety of our residents and employees have been our highest priority and these tests will help us monitor, detect and prevent COVID-19 infections in addition to dozens of other acute respiratory infections that may be the source of disease symptoms."

Last month, Serrano also issued a written and video statement communicating the company's vigilance in regard to COVID-19 and relentless focus on caring for and protecting its senior residents and their caregivers. Among the key and essential protocol now implemented at each community:

About Sunshine Retirement Living
Based in Bend, Ore., Sunshine Retirement Living manages 32 retirement communities in 16 states, offering senior apartments, independent living, assisted living and memory care. A family-owned business with more than 20 years in the senior housing industry, Sunshine Retirement Living's mission is to be the preferred senior living provider offering value, choice and independence while promoting health and social interaction that exceeds residents' expectations and enriches the lives of both residents and staff. By providing meals, housekeeping, activities, transportation, utilities and in-house management staff, Sunshine Retirement Living continues to build an unparalleled community feeling in each property. For more information, visit www.SunshineRet.com or connect socially, @SunshineRetirementLiving.

SOURCE Sunshine Retirement Living


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