Operation expanded testing

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• Alternative Title:
  OET
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated Apr. 20, 2022
  
  In addition to COVID-19 vaccination, physical distancing, and masking, testing is a safe and effective way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Expanded testing helps to create a safe learning environment for children in U.S. schools and decreases the risk of disease transmission in congregate settings.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Operation Expanded Testing (OpET) program increases access to testing nationwide, especially for communities that have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. OpET provides no-cost testing to child care centers, K-12 schools, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), under-resourced communities, and congregate settings, such as homeless shelters, domestic violence and abuse shelters, non-federal correctional facilities, and other qualified sites. OpET can perform millions of tests through July 1, 2022. These contractor-provided laboratory services include specimen collection supplies, shipping materials, laboratory testing, and results reporting. The recipient sites contribute staff to collect specimens.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Questions -- OpET Success Stories.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Testing COVID-19/diagnosis
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d72750437fa247d00b937604d6ce4da3ffec7d0fe5e29a2de289a3d1414b76b0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116517/cdc_116517_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 550.83 KB ]