CDC LOCS Lab Advisory: New COVID-19 Antigen Testing Guidance

CDC recently issued new antigen testing guidance for evaluating and testing persons for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). This LOCS message is intended to share the new guidance with clinical laboratories that might be asked to perform COVID-19 antigen testing. The new guidance contains information about the following topics:

• General guidance
• Regulatory Requirements for Using Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
• Collection and Handling of Clinical Specimens
• Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
• Evaluating Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2
• Reporting Rapid Antigen Test Results for SARS-CoV-2 to Health Departments and Patients

Online resources:

• Information for Laboratories about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Laboratories
• Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Calls
• CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS)
• CDC COVID-19 website
• Register for CDC Health Alert Network (HAN) notifications, including updates about COVID-19. Enter your email address, search for HAN, and sign up

If you have any questions, please contact LOCS@cdc.gov.

This Lab Advisory was originally published by the CDC Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) here.