Question: How do I register my lab for COVID-19 testing with IRR?

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:
This answer provides a lot of resources for an existing IRR lab but does not answer the question of how to become an IRR lab.
This is an acceptable answer although it also doesn't get into the detail about how to go about getting certified. It just says that you need to be and what is provided to you once you are

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Testing and COVID-19
section_headers: For All Laboratories: Accessing Laboratory Testing
My facility would like to begin SARS-CoV-2 testing. Do we need a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certificate? Can my facility be granted a waiver from the CLIA certification requirements so that I can begin testing immediately?
section_content: Before conducting SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, a laboratory must be CLIA-
certified and meet applicable regulatory requirements. The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does not have the authority to grant
waivers of exceptions that are not established in a statute or regulation. For
additional information, please refer to the FAQs on the CMS website: CMS
Coronavirus Informationexternal icon.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer does not reference IRR at all which is what is requested in the question. CLIA certification is what is discussed in this answer.
This is a decent answer to the question stating that labs must be certified and then links to some FAQs regarding that. Doesn't say exactly what you need to do though

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Testing and COVID-19
section_headers: For Clinical Laboratories: Ordering Supplies
Can I register my lab or hospital with IRR?
section_content: CDC limits IRR registration and SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic reagent distribution to
U.S. state and local public health laboratories validated to perform SARS-
CoV-2 viral testing. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, CDC will defer the
decision to authorize new laboratories to the corresponding state public
health laboratory.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is an acceptable answer. It gives a basic answer to the question though could have been improved by providing links to the referenced state public health laboratories.
This seems to talk about the approval process but doesn't actually go into how you get the lab registered which is really what the question was asking. It kind of misses the mark.

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