What is Devils’ drop-off?
Devils’ drop-off is an on-campus COVID-19 saliva testing option open to all students, faculty and staff — as well as dependents of benefits-eligible ASU employees. No appointments are required — pick up a kit, register it online and drop it off once you’ve collected your saliva sample. Pick up is available on the Tempe campus near the Biodesign Institute. Once you register your kit online, you have 24 hours to collect and return your sample. You must drop off your sample within eight hours of collecting it.
Pick up a kit FAQs Register
How does this work?
Step 1
Pick up your testing kit
Devils’ drop-off kits are available for pick-up at an outdoor, drive-up location on the Tempe campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No appointments are required. Kits include an instructional pamphlet, a sample tube, straw, disinfectant wipe and biohazard bag.
Pick up a kitStep 2
Register your sample tube online
Before dropping off your sample, it must be registered online.
Register your tubeNote: Once you register your sample, you have 24 hours to collect your sample and drop it off.
Step 3
Collect your sample
Do not eat, drink, smoke, vape, chew gum, brush your teeth or use oral hygiene products for at least 30 minutes before collecting your sample.
Note: You must drop off your sample within 8 hours of collecting it.
A. Wash and dry your hands thoroughly.
B. Find a socially distanced location.
Collect your sample away from other people, preferably outside or in a private residence, office or parked car.
C. Remove the cap from the tube.
D. Let your mouth water and fill with saliva.
E. Use the straw to fill the tube with saliva.
Fill the tube with saliva until it measures between the min and max fill lines (not including bubbles). Do not fill above the max fill line. If you overfill your tube, discard it and pick up another kit.
F. Remove the straw and seal the tube with the cap.
Dispose of the straw in a waste receptacle.
G. Wipe the sealed tube with the provided disinfectant wipe.
H. Place the paper towel (absorbent material) and the tube in the biohazard bag.
I. Seal the bag.
Wash your hands after sealing your sample in the bag.
Step 4
Drop off your sample
Return your sample tube, sealed inside the provided biohazard bag to the pickup location. Samples are collected Monday through Friday. Results for samples submitted on weekends may be delayed.
Note: Your sample must be dropped off within eight hours of collecting it.
Drop off your sampleStep 5
Get results
You will receive a text or email with instructions to check your portal account in approximately 48 hours of your sample arriving at the lab.