CAP TODAY Pathology/Laboratory Medicine/Laboratory Management
March 20, 2020—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Laboratory Systems will convene a weekly call, beginning Monday, March 23, at 3:00 PM ET, with clinical laboratories to discuss the nation’s clinical laboratory response to COVID-19. This call will be the first of a series of weekly calls the division will host to discuss hot topics and to solicit the laboratory community’s questions about the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The calls will take place every Monday at 3:00 PM ET.
The agenda for March 23 includes information about the CDC laboratory response team, FDA guidance for validating tests for COVID-19, CLIA during emergencies, case investigations and reporting results to state health departments, coordinating with public health laboratories, and practicing laboratory biosafety when testing or processing specimens.