CDC LOCS Lab Update: COVID-19 Laboratory Testing and Reporting Q&As and Specimen Collection Guidance

April 20, 2020

CDC has updated the questions and answers (Q&As) about COVID-19 testing for laboratories. The revised document provides clinical and public health laboratories with updated guidance for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) testing and reporting. CDC has also updated the COVID-19 specimen collection guidance. The revised document clarifies specimen collection procedures for all swab types and aligns with other respiratory disease specimen collection guidelines.

Learn more by reading the full CDC Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Lab Update here. Check out the CDC LOCS website and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information for Laboratories website for the latest information.

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