Update of Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea

  • The COVID-19 Task Force, the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Bureau of Infectious Disease Diagnosis Control, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

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Abstract

Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency have announced guidelines for diagnosing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in clinical laboratories in Korea. With the ongoing pandemic, we propose an update of the previous guidelines based on new scientific data. This update includes recommendations for tests that were not included in the previous guidelines, including the rapid molecular test, antigen test, antibody test, and self-collected specimens, and a revision of the previous recommendations. This update will aid clinical laboratories in performing laboratory tests for diagnosing COVID-19.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)391-397
Number of pages7
JournalAnnals of Laboratory Medicine
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Antibody
  • Antigen
  • COVID-19
  • Guidelines
  • Laboratory diagnosis
  • Nasal swab
  • Pooled test
  • Rapid molecular test
  • Saliva
  • SARS-CoV-2

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