Testing

• Pa. Health Alert Network Alert with information for evaluating patients for COVID-19 (Issued 4/07/2020) - This alert also includes two documents to give to any patients being evaluated for COVID-19. The documents are this close contact checklist and these patient instructions for self-isolation while awaiting laboratory results.


• Pa. Department of Health Alert on Providing Demographic Variables as Part of Laboratory Submission Forms (Issued 4/14/2020)

• Pa. Department of Health Interim Guidelines for Collecting Clinical Specimens for COVID-19 Testing (Issued 4/30/2020)
  

• Pa. Department of Health Alert on Laboratory Testing Comparison (Issued 5/06/2020) - In this alert, DOH shared the CLIA laboratory testing comparison, available via CMS here.
  
  
• CDC Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for COVID-19
  
  
• CDC Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Revised 6/13/20)
  
  
• COVID-19 Testing Sites in Pennsylvania


• Medicare Pharmacies and Other Suppliers May Temporarily Enroll as Independent Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories to Help Address COVID-19 Testing (Medicare Learning Network article published 5/8/2020)


• Food and Drug Administration FAQs on COVID-19 Testing (Includes information on manufacturers distributing diagnostic and serology tests)


• Wolf Administration Issues Universal Testing Order for Nursing Homes, Updates Testing Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities (6/8/2020)


• Medicare Pharmacies and Other Suppliers May Temporarily Enroll as Independent Clinical Diagnostic Laboratories to Help Address COVID-19 Testing (Medicare Learning Network article published 5/8/2020)