08/16/2020: Lab Advisory: New COVID-19 Antigen Testing Guidance
Audience: Clinical Laboratory Professionals
Subject: New COVID-19 Antigen Testing Guidance
Level: Laboratory Advisory
CDC recently issued new antigen testing guidance for evaluating and testing persons for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). This LOCS message is intended to share the new guidance with clinical laboratories that might be asked to perform COVID-19 antigen testing. The new guidance contains information about the following topics:
- General guidance
- Regulatory Requirements for Using Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
- Collection and Handling of Clinical Specimens
- Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
- Evaluating Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2
- Reporting Rapid Antigen Test Results for SARS-CoV-2 to Health Departments and Patients
Online resources:
- Information for Laboratories about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Laboratories
- Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Calls
- CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS)
- CDC COVID-19 website
- Register for CDC Health Alert Network (HAN) notifications, including updates about COVID-19. Enter your email address, search for HAN, and sign up
If you have any questions, please contact us at LOCS@cdc.gov.
Thank you,
The Laboratory Outreach Communication System
Laboratory Outreach Communication System | Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS)
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)