Our offer includes the following laboratory tests:

The PCR test service components include the professional collection of a throat or nasal swab by the staff of the Biomedical Analytics program or the receipt of a gargle, the laboratory analysis in the in-house Biomedical Laboratory as well as the electronic reporting including QR code (always in German, English) to the client by the laboratory staff. The service components of the serology tests (antibody tests) include the following

professional collection of a venous blood sample (5 mL) by the staff of the Biomedical Analytics program, laboratory analysis in the in-house Biomedical Laboratory and electronic reporting to the client by the laboratory staff.

Since February 2022, we also offer the determination of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from dried blood. For this purpose, we have worked out offers with our cooperation pharmacies. Please contact us to find out who our partner pharmacies are.

Please book your desired appointment in our appointment booking tool. We will perform the sample collection at the FH-Campus St. Veiter Str. 47 in 9020 Klagenfurt. Please do not forget to bring a photo ID for identification.

FH KÄRNTEN
Campus Klagenfurt – St. Veiter Straße 47
Biomedical Science

COVID -19 test laboratory:
+43 5 90 500 36 00 (Mo – Thu 08:00 – 15:00 h, Fr 08:00 – 12:00 h)
testung[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

At the study program Biomedical Analytics under the direction of FH-Professor Dr. rer. medic. Marco Kachler (head of the study program) and Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Paulitsch-Fuchs (molecular and microbiologist), a Covid-19 test laboratory was established at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences, which has been officially approved since May 2020 according to §28c Epidemic Act and has been performing Covid-19 tests since then. The Covid-19 tests are exclusively performed by scientifically qualified biomedical analysts and natural scientists at the study program and are professionally validated according to the dual control principle.

Our laboratory regularly participates in interlaboratory comparisons (external quality assurance), which ensures that we provide the required laboratory quality.

PCR testing for Coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 (Covid-19) is a direct detection of viral RNA from human cellular material obtained from a throat or nasal swab or from a gurgling gel sample. In order to also detect viral RNA from the respective collection utensil, a sufficient amount of cell material must be swabbed. The more cell material is obtained, the more viral RNA is present in the cell material in the event of an infection, which can then also be detected. From the cell material, the viral RNA is isolated in the laboratory under safety conditions and the genetic information of the virus is detected in a molecular biological procedure called Real Time PCR. If we detect specific genetic material from the virus in the sample material, the test is positive, i.e. there is an infection with SARS-Cov-2. If there is no detection of viral RNA, the test is negative (below the detection limit, no CT value). Our laboratory procedure has a detection limit of approximately 10 viral RNA particles in the PCR. Two options are available for PCR testing. Either the collection of the samples directly at our UAS campus by our professional collection team of the Biomedical Analytics or delivery of a gargle under "supervision" or the sending of the swab samples (oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swabs) / gargle, which were professionally collected externally (e.g. by doctors, DGKP, biomedical analysts) to the Covid 19 test laboratory.

However, the PCR test is not suitable for determining whether SARS Cov-2 infection has been experienced in the past. For this purpose, we have established an immunological test (ECLIA, ELISA) that tells us something about whether someone has already had a SARS Cov-2 infection. The test can also be used to check whether antibodies have been formed after covid immunization. The test also detects the protective neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. This test for antibodies against Covid-19 is also available in the test laboratory of the CUAS.

For this, a small amount of blood must be taken from the vein and the serum sample analyzed at our laboratory. It is also possible to perform the analysis from dried blood, which is particularly suitable for children due to the smaller sample volume (capillary blood collection from the fingertip).