1. I WISH TO GET TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS (PCR) AND ANTIBODIES If you wish to give the PCR sample as well as find out the level of antibodies in your blood, you are welcome to the collection point at Töökoja 1. It is necessary to book an appointment in advance through the Patient Portal MINU.SYNLAB.EE. […]

From the TESTI application, you can now view not only your own coronavirus tests but also the results and certificates of your children/dependents. This is possible due to an interface with the population register, to where we can make inquiries to find out whose results we can display to you. From the TESTI application, you […]

From 3 May onwards, adults will also have an option to give a sample from pharyngeal washings at paid SYNLAB coronavirus testing points. This change is introduced in order to make the testing process more comfortable. In the lab, the process remains unchanged – coronavirus RNA is detected from the pharyngeal washings using the same PCR […]

As a partner of the Ministry of Education and Research and the Health Board, SYNLAB Eesti, in cooperation with schools, helped high school graduates take a coronavirus PCR test based on a liquid throat rinse at their school before the exams, so that the state exams were as safe as possible for all involved. In […]

Last week, general nursing homes all over Estonia received 200 special mattresses gifted by the largest Estonian medical laboratory SYNLAB, as the inhabitants of nursing homes have been severely affected by the more than a year-long coronavirus crisis. The mattresses made in Estonia are already the second SYNLAB’s gift to nursing homes. At the beginning […]

As of 23 March, all coronavirus PCR and antibody test result certificates issued by SYNLAB Eesti have QR codes. Officials at airports, ports and border crossing points all over the world can use the QR code to verify if the person presenting the certificate has given a sample at the time specified in the certificate, […]

The responses are generated based on views that are jointly expressed by Estonian Society of Laboratory Medicine (ELMÜ), Estonian Society for Infectious Diseases (EIS) and Estonian Health Board. Why is PCR diagnostics important? Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from respiratory tract material using the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method is recommended by the World Health […]

SYNLAB will adopt a novel solution for coronavirus testing from 16 February – the virus can also be detected from pharyngeal washings. Initially, the additional sampling method will only be available for children, so as to make the process more comfortable for them. In the lab, the process remains the same – RNA is detected […]

Estonia’s largest medical laboratory SYNLAB is to gift tablets to nursing homes, helping their inhabitants communicate with their relatives. In addition, SYNLAB will provide nursing homes with comfortable special mattresses. Having worked on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year, SYNLAB decided to support Estonian nursing homes, as this is where the […]

From today, SYNLAB Eesti laboratory has adopted a new coronavirus antibody detection method, which is more precise than the previous method and also allows it to detect post-vaccination antibody formation. Samples for the new antibody test can be given at SYNLAB from today, and in the next few days this will be rolled out at […]