CDC LOCS Lab Advisory: CDC Posts Updated Point-of-Care Testing Biosafety Guidelines for COVID-19

May 13, 2020

CDC recently updated the Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to provide additional information about point-of-care (POC) testing for SARS-CoV-2. This update includes guidance for a variety of topics:

Use of instruments in a location associated with a current CLIA certificate
Site- and activity-specific risk assessment
Proper training for staff
Adherence to Standard Precautions when handling clinical specimens
Decontamination of the POC instruments

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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