Augusta University Health is partnering with the Georgia Department of Public Health to provide COVID-19 Testing to the CSRA Area. Drive-thru testing will be available Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 2 PM at the Annex II, 524 15th Street, Augusta GA 30901, beginning September 1st, 2021. Travel Testing: Call 706-721-1852 to schedule a travel test.
The department of public health will be providing COVID-19 testing Monday through
Friday from 8AM to 2PM, at the Annex II location at 524 15th street, Augusta GA 30901,
starting September 1st. Registration can be completed at the Georgia Department of Health Website*. Results will be provided via a text message and email link to the LTS patient portal.
Lab results will not be available in the AU Health VIP Patient Portal.
*Registration must be completed online via the scheduling portal, phone appointments
will not be accepted.
Travel Testing: To schedule a COVID-19 test for travel, please call 706-721-1852.
The department of public health will be providing COVID-19 testing Monday through
Friday from 8AM to 2PM, at the Annex II location at 524 15th street, Augusta GA 30901,
starting September 1st. Registration can be completed at the Georgia Department of Health Website*. Results will be provided via a text message and email link to the LTS patient portal.
Lab results will not be available in the AU Health VIP Patient Portal.
*Registration must be completed online via the scheduling portal, phone appointments
will not be accepted.
Travel Testing: To schedule a COVID-19 test for travel, please call 706-721-1852.
Screening and Testing
Should you be tested for COVID-19 if you have been exposed?
If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, you don’t have to be tested right
away. Instead, quarantine yourself for 14 days and monitor your symptoms.
What are the symptoms of COVID-19?
Symptoms reported for COVID-19 are similar to influenza and have included mild to
severe respiratory illness with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other symptoms
include body aches, nausea, diarrhea, loss of taste and smell, or even the feeling
of passing out.
Testing Locations
The department of public health is now offering COVID-19 drive-through services for
COVID-19 testing. They currently offer NP Swab testing. Register for your COVID-19
test on the Georgia Department of Health Website, starting September 1st.
*Registration must be completed via the scheduling portal, phone appointments will
not be accepted.
Adult and pediatric patients are tested at this location.
What should I expect?
Patients are welcomed and screened at front tent
Patient drives to the back of the Annex to verify identity via driver's license or
another form of identification
Patient's vehicle is labeled with lab specimen labels under windshield wiper
Once in the garage bay, patient places their vehicle in park and turns engine off
Patient verifies name and DOB for a second time
Patient provides verbal consent
Swab test is performed
Specimen is collected and the test is completed
Results are available 24-72 hours via the VIP portal
What is a Nasal Pharyngeal (NP) Swab test?
This test will require a medical professional to swab the inside of your nose. The
test will take approximately 20 seconds and does cause mild discomfort.
COVID-19 Testing Information Pediatric Surgical Patients
Augusta University CHOG-3rd Floor Medical Office Building
Due to a recent increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate in the Augusta area, AU Health
is updating its visitation policy to help prevent the spread of infection within its
medical facilities.
Beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, visitors to any AU Health facility will be
required to wear a medical-grade face mask while in the building and will be required
to observe proper hand hygiene.
In the event visitors do not have a mask, Blue Coat Ambassadors at the hospital entrances
will provide one, as well as ensure visitors follow proper hand hygiene.
No support persons will be permitted with patients who have COVID-19 while the health
system remains on active precautions.
Family presence for non-COVID patients will be modified to two support persons at
a time.
Waiting rooms will remain open with physical distancing. In person or large gatherings/meetings
are permitted with physical distancing and mask-wearing.
