2021 LOCS Messages

Dec 27. 2021 12/27/2021: Lab Advisory: Increased Testing for SARS-CoV-2
Dec 21. 2021 12/21/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, December 27 at 3:00 PM ET
Dec 10. 2021 12/10/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, December 13 at 3:00 PM ET
Dec 06. 2021 12/03/2021: Lab Alert: CDC Update on the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant
Nov 29. 2021 11/29/2021: Lab Advisory: CMS Publishes New FAQ about CLIA and Over-the-Counter Home Testing
Nov 17. 2021 11/17/2021: Lab Advisory: FDA Updates COVID-19 Testing Policies
Nov 10. 2021 11/10/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, November 15 at 3:00 PM ET
Oct 29. 2021 10/29/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, November 1 at 3:00 PM ET
Oct 28. 2021 10/28/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates Blood Lead Reference Value
Oct 27. 2021 10/26/2021: Lab Update: Upcoming CLIAC Meeting, November 3–4, 2021
Oct 25. 2021 10/25/2021: Lab Alert: Clinical Laboratory Burkholderia pseudomallei Notification
Oct 21. 2021 10/21/2021: Lab Alert: CDC Updates LOINC In Vitro Diagnostic (LIVD) Test Code Mapping Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Tests to Include SNOMED-CT Saliva Terms
Oct 15. 2021 10/15/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, October 18 at 3:00 PM ET
Oct 13. 2021 10/13/2021: Lab Resource: CDC Publishes New Free Online Laboratory Risk Management Training
Oct 07. 2021 10/07/2021: Lab Alert: CDC Updates LOINC In Vitro Diagnostic (LIVD) Test Code Mapping Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Tests
Oct 04. 2021 10/04/2021: Lab Alert: Ellume Issues Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Ellume COVID-19 Home Tests
Oct 01. 2021 10/01/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, October 04 at 3:00 PM ET
Sep 22. 2021 09/22/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications
Sep 17. 2021 09/17/2021: Lab Alert: FDA Issues Letter about Potential False Positive Results with Abbott Alinity m SARS-CoV-2 AMP and Alinity m Resp-4-Plex AMP Kits
Sep 17. 2021 09/17/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, September 20 at 3:00 PM ET
Sep 07. 2021 09/07/2021: Lab Resource: CDC Publishes New Free Online CLIA Training
Sep 02. 2021 09/02/2021: Lab Advisory: Shortage of COVID-19 Rapid Tests May Increase Demand for Laboratory Testing
Aug 23. 2021 08/20/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, August 23 at 3:00 PM ET
Aug 10. 2021 08/10/2021: Lab Alert: Clinical Laboratory Burkholderia pseudomallei Notification
Aug 09. 2021 08/09/2021: Lab Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classification Updates
Aug 06. 2021 08/06/2021: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, August 9 at 3:00 PM ET
Aug 02. 2021 08/02/2021: Lab Alert: Clarifications about the Retirement of the CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel
Jul 26. 2021 07/26/2021: Lab Advisory: FDA Authorizes Imported Becton Dickinson Sodium Citrate Blood Specimen Collection (Light Blue Top) Tubes
Jul 23. 2021 07/23/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, July 26 at 3:00 PM ET
Jul 21. 2021 07/21/2021: Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Jul 20. 2021 07/20/2021: Lab Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classification Updates
Jul 19. 2021 07/18/2021: Lab Alert: FDA Revokes EUA for Curative SARS-CoV-2 Assay
Jul 15. 2021 07/15/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates Pooling Guidance and Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Web Pages
Jul 08. 2021 07/06/2021: Lab Alert: Magellan Diagnostics Recalls Several LeadCare Blood Lead Tests Due to Risk of Falsely Low Results
Jul 07. 2021 07/06/2021: Lab Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Variants AY.1 and AY.2 Now Aggregated with Delta Variant B.1.617.2
Jul 01. 2021 07/01/2021: Lab Alert: Clinical Laboratory Burkholderia pseudomallei Notification
Jun 30. 2021 06/29/2021: Lab Update: SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classification Changes
Jun 25. 2021 06/25/2021: Lab Update: CDC Publishes New Web Page on Biological Risk Management for Point-of-Care Testing
Jun 25. 2021 06/28/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, June 28 at 3:00 PM ET
Jun 16. 2021 06/16/2021: Lab Update: CDC Updates Guidance for Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results
Jun 16. 2021 06/15/2021: Lab Update: CDC Updates COVID-19 Biosafety Guidelines
Jun 15. 2021 06/15/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Classifies SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.617.2 (Delta) a Variant of Concern
Jun 15. 2021 06/14/2021: Lab Alert: Sodium Citrate Blood Specimen Collection Tubes in Short Supply
Jun 15. 2021 06/11/2021: Lab Alert: Stop Using Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test
Jun 14. 2021 06/14/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Launches New COVID-19 Viral Testing Tool
Jun 11. 2021 06/11/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, June 14 at 3:00 PM ET
May 20. 2021 05/20/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates NAATs and Self-Testing Web Pages
May 14. 2021 05/14/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, May 17 at 3:00 PM ET
May 03. 2021 4/30/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, May 3 at 3:00 PM ET
Apr 23. 2021 05/28/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates Testing Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 Web Page
Apr 23. 2021 05/18/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Updates Interim Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2
Apr 23. 2021 05/05/2021: Lab Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.617, B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2, and B.1.617.3 Classified as Variants of Interest
Apr 23. 2021 04/22/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Classifies SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.526.1 a Variant of Interest
Apr 16. 2021 04/16/2021: Lab Update: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky to Speak on Upcoming Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call
Apr 12. 2021 04/09/2021: Lab Advisory: New Guidance for Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results
Apr 05. 2021 04/02/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, April 5 at 3:00 PM ET
Mar 31. 2021 03/31/2021: Lab Update: Upcoming CLIAC Meeting, April 14–15, 2021
Mar 31. 2021 03/31/2021: Lab Advisory: FDA Publishes New Web Page on Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutations on COVID-19 Molecular Tests
Mar 26. 2021 03/26/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Publishes New Web Page on Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs)
Mar 22. 2021 03/22/2021: Lab Update: CMS Posts FAQ for Reporting Sequencing Results for SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Mar 22. 2021 03/22/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, March 22 at 3:00 PM ET
Mar 17. 2021 03/17/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Publishes New Web Pages on SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Variant Proportions in the U.S.
Mar 13. 2021 03/13/2021: Lab Alert: FDA Issues Letter about Potential False Results with Roche cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza Test
Mar 05. 2021 03/05/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, March 8 at 3:00 PM ET
Mar 03. 2021 03/03/2021: Lab Advisory: Recent Ebola Virus Outbreaks in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea
Mar 02. 2021 03/02/2021: Lab Advisory: FDA Issues New Guidance for Evaluating Impact of Viral Mutations on COVID-19 Tests
Mar 01. 2021 02/27/2021: Lab Update: CDC Updates Interim Guidelines for Collecting and Handling Clinical Specimens for COVID-19 Testing
Mar 01. 2021 02/26/2021: Lab Update: Laboratories Performing Moderate and High Complexity COVID-19 Testing
Feb 24. 2021 02/24/2021: Lab Update: Confirm Your LOCS Subscription
Feb 23. 2021 02/23/2021: Lab Update: COVID-19 Science Update
Feb 19. 2021 02/19/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, February 22 at 3:00 PM ET
Feb 08. 2021 02/05/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, February 8 at 3:00 PM ET
Feb 03. 2021 02/02/2021: Lab Advisory: CDC Publishes New Web Pages on Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Jan 25. 2021 01/22/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, January 25 at 3:00 PM ET
Jan 13. 2021 01/13/2021: Lab Advisory: FDA Updates Reporting Guidance, Authorizes Update to IFU for CDC Influenza SARS-CoV-2 Multiplex Assay
Jan 13. 2021 01/13/2021: Lab Advisory: CMS Updates CLIA Surveyor Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Test Result Reporting
Jan 11. 2021 01/11/2021: Lab Alert: FDA Issues Safety Letter about Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2 and False Negative Results with Molecular Tests
Jan 11. 2021 01/08/2021: Lab Update: Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Call on Monday, January 11 at 3:00 PM ET (Note Updated Zoom Info)
Jan 06. 2021 01/06/2021: Lab Alert: FDA Issues Safety Communication about Risk of False Results with the Curative SARS-CoV-2 Test for COVID-19