Template:COVID-19 Laboratory Resources

A few important resources concerning the COVID-19 disease—in particular relating to laboratory testing—have been added to LIMSwiki. This section collates those internal articles for your convenience. Additionally, a few key external links are also included here.

Guides

: COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory (Fall 2020 Edition, November 2020)

Guidance documents and authorized in vitro diagnostic test kits

▪ Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2: Interim guidance, 11 September 2020 (WHO)

▪ Laboratory biosafety guidance related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Interim guidance, 13 May 2020 (WHO)

▪ Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency (Revised) (FDA)

▪ Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19 (CDC)

▪ Frequently Asked Questions about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Laboratories (CDC)

▪ Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Emergency Use Authorizations for Medical Devices (FDA)

Relevant LIMSwiki articles

▪ COVID-19 (the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2)

▪ SARS-CoV-2 (the caronavirus strain responsible for COVID-19)

▪ Coronavirus (the virus family, of which SARS-CoV-2 is a member)

▪ COVID-19 testing

▪ Nucleic acid amplification test