JCM Analytics
This page provides detailed information specific to schools matched with JCM Analytics
Please also visit our general Getting Started page for detailed support on setting up your testing operations.
What you can find here…
About JCMA
JCM Analytics provides screening testing services designed for K-12 schools by working with a national network of independent laboratories. They use high-sensitivity tests with rapid turnaround, and an option for at-home specimen collection. In-lab pooling facilitates same-specimen reflex testing to provide individual results after just one swab is collected.
Connecting with JCMA
On the web: https://jcma-llc.com/
Email: sales@jcma-llc.com
Phone: 919-973-6958
Getting Started with JCMA
1
Welcome
Join a 1-hour kickoff meeting to receive and overview and strategize about the best collection method for your school
2
Connect
You will be assigned a JCMA program coordinator to be your primary point of contact
3
Receive Materials
JCMA will ship you all the materials you need to begin testing (barcode readers, collection kits, consent forms, communication materials, and FAQs)
4
Log on
Set up accounts for school’s collection team in the JCMWorks platform
5
Consent
Start getting consent from families, staff, and educators to build your testing roster. The JCMA platform offers both a mechanism for collecting consent through the platform and for uploading consent collected in other ways
6
Train
School collection team members participate in live training session on coordinating collection and accessing results
7
Launch
Your JCMA Program Coordinator will join you for your first collection via video call to provide real time support
JCMA’s Digital Platform
JCMWorks is a secure, HIPAA compliant, fully integrated platform for managing the testing process. JCMWorks capabilities include:
providing access to user accounts (link Accessing JCMWorks doc here)
ensuring privacy of participants
collecting informed consent (the platform also allows schools to upload consent gathered through other means)
registering individuals for testing
assigning individuals to pools
configuring pools as needed
printing custom ID cards
managing specimen check-in
tracking specimens from school to lab
reconciling checked in with processed specimens
reporting test results (to school/district, local/state health department, and adult individuals and adult guardians of minors (at school discretion).
administrative reporting (e.g., samples/pools collected/reported)
Bindle integration (transforms test results into digital entry passes for different locations in accordance with local government guidelines)
To learn about collecting consent and building your testing roster see our section on Getting Consent
Getting your Pools to the Lab with JCMA
First, use JCMWorks to scan FedEx Airbill label and associated pool labels
Second, follow JCMA’s packing and shipping instructions
Pack pool bags in original study cardboard boxes
Complete FedEx Airbill
Affix shipping labels
Arrange for pickup or drop off at FedEx World Service Center
Follow-up Testing Options with JCMA
With JCMA, you do not have to collect additional samples for follow-up testing.
Here’s how it works: Individual samples are pooled at the lab, reserving enough of each sample to conduct individual diagnostic tests on specimens associated with any positive pools. These positive pools are immediately reflexed with individual results available within hours of the positive pool results.
About the Test Offered by JCMA
In-Lab Pooled PCR Test
Partner lab, CIAN Diagnostics, conducts pooled testing using a modified, Applied Biosystems™ TaqPath™ COVID-19 Combo Kit. The TaqPath Combo Kit contains both the assays and the controls needed for the real-time PCR detection of RNA from SARS-CoV-2. The TaqPath is a multiplex real-time PCR assay targeting SARS-CoV-2 orf1-ab, S gene, and N gene.
If SARS-CoV-2 is detected in a pool, reflex testing is performed on all individual specimens from that pool using the standard assay. Taq Path EUA is available here.
JCMA has multiple laboratory partners, and may add additional labs to the MA program as needed. Every test used meets rigorous standards, and JCMA requires that each lab provide validation evidence that the probability of identifying a single positive individual in a pool of the maximum size used by the lab remains the same as if the same individual had received a standard, EUA test.
For internal pooling validation studies and more information about the sensitivity and specificity of the test, please reach out to JCMA at sales@jcma-llc.com.
None of these tests are approved or cleared by the FDA. They are authorized under an emergency mechanism called an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or are considered laboratory developed tests, which are authorized to be performed in designated laboratories only.
JCMA Resources and Training Materials
Additional resources can be found at https://jcma-llc.com/SampleCollection