ASCP Efforts to Support the Fight Against COVID-19

Learn how ASCP is supporting laboratories and patients and how our leaders are sharing their expertise with the public.

What ASCP Is Doing

Joining an appeal for healthcare employers to require workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

Disseminating guidance and information specific to laboratories

Securing regulatory flexibility to allow remote pathology services

Supporting AABB's COVIDPlasma.org project

COVIDPlasma.org

Working to expand COVID-19 testing authority

Providing you with the opportunity to take action

Supplying a free course to help pathologists and laboratory professionals identify, prevent, and overcome burnout during this challenging time

Showcasing the behind-the-scenes work that laboratories are doing to care for patients in the ongoing docuseries "Laboratories on the Front Lines: Battling COVID-19"

Sharing our profound thanks for the medical laboratory team’s unwavering commitment to patients

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Supporting patients in the small northern Italian town of Chiari with essential medical supplies via the ASCP Foundation

For more details regarding ASCP's advocacy on behalf of members and patients, click here.

Media Coverage

View media coverage featuring ASCP members and leaders providing insight into the COVID-19 pandemic.

What monoclonal antibodies are – and why we need them as well as a vaccine The Conversation

Help Wanted at Covid-19 Testing Labs The Wall Street Journal

The hidden profession saving lives CNBC (video)

Do masks work? Baptist Health scientists put masks to the test Action News Jax

Should we be testing fewer people to stop the spread of Covid-19? Vox

Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies NPR

Before states rush to lift lockdowns they should consider the dangers that asymptomatic coronavirus carriers could unleash Business Insider

4 critical steps to protect and empower lab professionals MedCity News

National Covid-19 testing plan needs to address cost concerns, experts say Modern Healthcare

Why America’s coronavirus testing problem is still so difficult to solve Vox

Study Raises Questions About False Negatives From Quick COVID-19 Test NPR

Donating Plasma for COVID-19 Patients: Everything You Need to Know Health.com

2 types of testing look for COVID-19 infections new and old Associated Press

What is an Antibody Test? Health.com

Your Guide to Donating Blood During Coronavirus: Who Can Donate, Where to Go, and How Often You Can Help Health.com

Coronavirus Testing Backlogs Continue As Laboratories Struggle To Keep Up With Demand NPR

Faster Coronavirus Testing May Help To Ease Results Backlog NPR

COVID-19 resurgence likely next winter, Cleveland Clinic pathologist says Becker's Hospital Review

"New Study by Cleveland Clinic Doctor Gives Researchers Up Close Look at How the Coronavirus Kills Patients" Cleveland 19 News

”What Does a False Positive Coronavirus Test Result Mean?” Health.com

"When Will Coronavirus End—And When Will it Peak in the US?" Health.com

“Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?” HuffPost

“Cough, Fever, Fatigue? Head to CDC's Online Coronavirus Symptom Checker” HealthDay, also featured in U.S. News & World Report and MedicineNet

“A ‘negative’ coronavirus test result doesn’t always mean you aren’t infected” The Washington Post

“Onsite laboratories cut test result turnaround in Cleveland" The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

BBC Newshour 3/13/2020 - ASCP Chief Medical Officer Dan A. Milner, Jr., MD, MSc(Epi), FASCP, discusses laboratory testing for COVID-19 - (full BBC Newshour here)

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