Increases in CLIA-Waived Testing Sites Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Alternative Title:
  Lab Med
• Personal Author:
  Xia, Yang ; Anderson, Nancy
• Description:
  The number of testing sites receiving their first Certificate of Waiver (CoW) under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) increased significantly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared the first-time CoWs in 2020-2021 to those in 2018-2019. The total number of first-time CoWs during 2020-2021 was more than twice what it was in 2018-2019, corresponding to population testing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in assisted living facility, pharmacy, physician office, and school/student health service settings. This study highlighted the need to strengthen clinical testing strategies to be better prepared for future public health emergencies.
• Subjects:
  Clinical Laboratory Services COVID-19 Humans Laboratories, Clinical Pandemics
• Source:
  Lab Med. 54(2):126-129
• Pubmed ID:
  36638188
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11332277
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3ecc9f17872234ae20db2e4cbd4d4bf38b0f21f0fb8f40c4f80cb3adc96012f51ade0ab2a9758f75c95eb8f2db023a44a886d42ea42f396006a4ccdfb703d4d
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