Hurricane Zeta made landfall on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, impacting Louisiana and Mississippi. As a result, criminal and verification searches with external dependencies may experience delays, including Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne counties in Louisiana, and Hancock county in Mississippi. There may also be patient service center (PSC) closures or delays in storm-affected areas, and we recommend that candidates and employees call their chosen collection site to verify hours of operation. In an effort to mitigate impact, eScreen will be re-routing specimens from their Gretna, Louisiana laboratory to their Richmond, Virginia laboratory, which may result in a minor turnaround time increase. We are closely monitoring the situation and will provide updates as they become available.
