Allegheny Health Network expands access to drive-up coronavirus tests
Allegheny Health Network is expanding drive-up covid-19 testing to patients of non-AHN affiliated health care providers.
The patients will need a doctor’s order to be tested.
The drive-up testing started in March and is now available at seven locations in the region.
“At AHN, drive-up testing for covid-19 is part of our comprehensive plan to protect our patients, their families, and our caregivers from the risk of exposure to infectious disease, and to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19 in our community,” Dr. Thomas Walsh, an infectious disease specialist and medical director of AHN’s antimicrobial stewardship program, said Monday.
These are the locations:
- AHN Wexford Health+Wellness Pavilion, 12311 Perry Highway, Wexford
- AHN Bethel Park Health+Wellness Pavilion, 990 Higbee Dr., Bethel Park
- 4220 William Penn Highway, Monroeville
- AHN West Side Health+Wellness Pavilion, 4247 Ridge Road, Erie
- AHN Braddock Urgent Care, 501 Braddock Ave., Braddock
- The former Divine Providence/Kindred Hospital, 1004 Arch St., Pittsburgh
- Heights Plaza Shopping Center, 1828 Union Ave., Harrison (Natrona Heights)
For more information about the testing sites, click here.
In order to be tested, a patient needs to have been evaluated for covid-19 symptoms and must have a prescription order for the test.
Tom Davidson is a TribLive news editor. He has been a journalist in Western Pennsylvania for more than 25 years. He can be reached at tdavidson@triblive.com.
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