Question: Where do medical labs get their COVID-19 testing supplies from?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Testing and COVID-19
section_headers: For All Laboratories: Accessing Laboratory Testing
Where do laboratories get access to reagents and materials to perform viral testing for SARS-CoV-2?
section_content: Public health laboratories can access collection materials for SARS-CoV-2
testing, including swabs and transport media, through the International
Reagent Resource (IRR)external
icon. The IRR
supports state and local public health laboratories, as well as other
qualified laboratories participating in public health surveillance and
studies, by providing reagents, tools, and information for studying SARS-CoV-2
and other pathogens.
Through IRR, CDC also provides the reagents that public health laboratories
use to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus in respiratory specimens. One test for SARS-
CoV-2 detection is a CDC-developed real-time reverse transcription polymerase
chain reaction (RT-PCR) test that received an EUA from FDA on February 4,
2020, to detect the virus in upper and lower respiratory specimens. IRR also
provides several additional commercially produced assays that have received an
EUA from FDA to detect SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in respiratory samples.
Clinical and commercial laboratories conducting SARS-CoV-2 viral testing
can acquire test reagents from commercial reagent manufacturers that have
received EUA from FDA. Genomic RNA material for validation purposes can be
obtained from BEI Resources as indicated below.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer is given link for supplier of testing kits as well as additional information following.
This answer is excellent because it fully describes how labs can acquire test kits, and where they can acquire them from.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Biosafety and COVID-19
section_headers: Specimen Handling
How should laboratory personnel remove biohazardous waste from the laboratory or testing area for decontamination and disposal?
section_content: Handle laboratory waste from testing suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patient
specimens as all other biohazardous waste in the laboratory. Currently, there
is no evidence to suggest that this laboratory waste needs additional
packaging or disinfection procedures.
For additional information, refer to the following:

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) (5th edition)


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer relates to disposal of waste resulting from testing and does not address where the lab can procure testing supplies from.
This answer is considered bad because it does not answer to the question, and instead just gives information as to how to handle waste in a lab.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Testing and COVID-19
section_headers: For Public Health Laboratories: Ordering Supplies
What supplies are being distributed by IRR for COVID-19 testing?
section_content: The expanded catalog of COVID-19 diagnostic supplies includes:

Extraction kits , to isolate the viral genetic material (RNA)

Test kits , to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2
Click here for more information about CDC’s test
kits


DISCONTINUED: Sample collection kits , to swab via the nasopharynx, suggest nose, and/or throat (See below to learn more about the process for ordering swabs.)



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer is given regarding a "catalog" as well as links for information on the CDC's official kits if that is what the lab is going to use. Answer does not answer where labs would get their supplies from nor supply a link to a list of possible suppliers.
The answer does not provide information as to where labs get their testing kits for COVID from. Instead, the answer just describes the different types of tests. Therefore this is a bad answer.

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