69³ÉÈËÍø

– Links to recent LOCS communications relating to COVID-19

- Includes and

- Includes a section specific to laboratory services

Free Course on Pandemic Preparedness

- Ongoing analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic provided by Dr. Kasten via her Facebook page

- NEW! Recommendations added April 5, 2021

(FDA)

CDC Guidance on Postmortem Specimen Collection From Deceased Persons with Known or Suspected COVID-19

- Includes laboratory trainings relevant to COVID-19

Care and Treatment Resources

- Includes information on the rapidly evolving therapy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(FDA update)

CDC LOCS Lab Alert: Stop Using LuSys Laboratories COVID-19 Tests (CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert, republished on ASCP News)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(FDA update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Laboratory Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert

(FDA update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

Biden COVID-19 Strategy Includes Key Elements of ASCP National Testing Strategy, and New Workforce Initiative (ASCP News)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(FDA bulletin)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CMS press release)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Laboratory Update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Laboratory Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(FDA news release)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

(NIH news release)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(FDA news release)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(FDA fact sheet)

(FDA Voices - Perspectives From FDA Leadership and Experts)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

69³ÉÈËÍø Urges Creation of National Pandemic Testing Task Force (ASCP News)

ASCP National Test Strategy Included in Legislation Passed by Senate (ASCP News)

(FDA letter to health care providers)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

The 69³ÉÈËÍø Calls on the Federal Government to Develop a National COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing and Support Strategy (ASCP News)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Update)

(FDA statement) Read an ASCP News story on this topic here.

(CMS memorandum)

(FDA statement)

(Hologic press release)

(Roche press release)

CDC COVID-19 Infection Control and PPE Guidelines

– Includes information related to transmission and waste management

– Includes information regarding how a person under investigation for COVID-19 should be managed, specifically as it relates to phlebotomy and the laboratory

– Features laboratory preparedness and safety job aids relevant to COVID-19, including a .

– Includes laboratory preparedness, PPE, and safety laboratory trainings relevant to COVID-19.

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(The Joint Commission statement)

(NIH media advisory)

(The Joint Commission statement)

(post from The Joint Commission Leading Hospital Improvement blog)

(post from The Joint Commission On Infection Prevention & Control blog)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert

CDC LOCS Lab Alert: CDC Updates LOINC In Vitro Diagnostic (LIVD) Test Code Mapping Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Tests (CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Alert, republished on ASCP News)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(HHS press release)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(MLN Connects - Official CMS News from the Medicare Learning Network® (MLN))

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

(CDC LOCS (Laboratory Outreach Communication System) Lab Advisory)

CMS Increases Medicare Payment for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests (CMS press release)

(CMS press release)

(CMS FAQs)

(CMS press release)

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