Information for laboratories including interim guidelines for collection, handling, and testing clinical specimens from patients under investigation and biosafety guidelines for handling and processing specimens associated with the novel coronavirus can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/index.html_[1]

Further Guidance

• Department of Health and Human Services Request for Information: Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Surge Capacity_[2]
• Health Advisory Diagnostic Testing on Pooled Samples_[3]
• Health Advisory Surveillance (non-diagnostic) Testing on Pooled Samples_[4]
• Wadsworth Center Validation Procedure for SARS-CoV-2 LDT_[5]