Information for Laboratories about Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Updated July 13, 2023

Using Antigen Tests

Guidance on effective clinical and public health use of antigen tests for COVID-19 in different testing situations

Antigen Testing Guidelines

Testing

Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs)
Point-of-Care and Rapid Testing
Multiplex Assay for Flu and SARS-CoV-2

Reporting

Reporting Lab Data
Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results

Biosafety

Biosafety for Specimen Handling
Specimen Collection

COVID-19 Data Tracker

Testing Overview
Antibody Testing Guidelines
CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System

Archived Content

Search for and find historical COVID-19 pages and files. Please note the content on these pages and files is no longer being updated and may be out of date.

Visit archive.cdc.gov for a historical snapshot of the COVID-19 website, capturing the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency on June 28, 2023.
Visit the dynamic COVID-19 collection to search the COVID-19 website as far back as July 30, 2021.