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- Title
Increases in CLIA-Waived Testing Sites Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Xia, Yang; Anderson, Nancy
- Abstract
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
UNITED States; PATHOLOGICAL laboratories; MEDICAL offices; QUALITY assurance; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESIDENTIAL care; SCHOOLS; COVID-19 testing; DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Laboratory Medicine, 2023, Vol 54, Issue 2, p126
- ISSN
0007-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/labmed/lmac154