Template:COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory/Final thoughts and additional resources/Key guidance documents

4.2 Key guidance documents

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (27 April 2020). "Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html. 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (29 April 2020). "Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/guidelines-clinical-specimens.html. 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (31 March 2020). "Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html. 

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (March 2020). "Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19" (PDF). OSHA 3990-03 2020. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf. 

• Pan American Health Organization (30 March 2020). "Laboratory Guidelines for the Detection and Diagnosis of COVID-19 Virus Infection" (PDF). Pan American Health Organization. https://www.paho.org/en/file/61863/download?token=4nO-2lxQ. 

• Public Health England (1 May 2020). "COVID-19: Guidance for sampling and for diagnostic laboratories". U.K Government. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-guidance-for-clinical-diagnostic-laboratories. 

• Public Health Laboratory Network (29 April 2020). "PHLN guidance on laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)". Department of Health, Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/phln-guidance-on-laboratory-testing-for-sars-cov-2-the-virus-that-causes-covid-19. 

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2 April 2020). "Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency". FDA-2020-D-1138-0013. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/enforcement-policy-face-masks-and-respirators-during-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-public-health. 

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (30 March 2020). "Enforcement Policy for Gowns, Other Apparel, and Gloves During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency". FDA-2020-D-1138-0023. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/enforcement-policy-gowns-other-apparel-and-gloves-during-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-public-health. 

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (16 March 2020). "Policy for Diagnostic Tests for Coronavirus Disease-2019 during the Public Health Emergency". FDA-2020-D-0987-0012. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/policy-diagnostic-tests-coronavirus-disease-2019-during-public-health-emergency. 

• World Health Organization, et al. (19 March 2020). "Laboratory biosafety guidance related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Interim guidance, 19 March 2020". WHO/WPE/GIH/2020.2. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331500. 

• World Health Organization, et al. (19 March 2020). "Laboratory testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in suspected human cases: Interim guidance, 19 March 2020". WHO/COVID-19/laboratory/2020.5. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331501.