Question: What should a lab do after developing a test to detect Covid 19?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Biosafety and COVID-19
section_headers: Specimen Handling
How should the laboratory perform a risk assessment to identify and mitigate risks?
section_content: All laboratories should perform a site-specific and activity-specific risk
assessment to identify and mitigate risks and determine if enhanced biosafety
precautions are warranted based on situational needs, such as high testing
volumes, and the likelihood to generate infectious droplets and aerosols. Risk
assessments and mitigation measures are dependent on the procedures performed,
identification of the hazards involved in the process and/or procedures, the
competency level of the personnel who perform the procedures, the laboratory
equipment and facility, and the resources available.
The risk assessment should identify all potential scenarios of a particular
activity that could produce a negative outcome. The risk assessment should
prioritize those potential negative outcomes, or risks, based on an evaluation
of the likelihood and consequences of each of those identified risks. The risk
assessment should determine the most appropriate control measures, and how the
system will measure the effectiveness of those control measures.
For additional information, refer to the following:

Laboratory biosafety guidance related to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)pdf iconexternal icon
Risk Assessment Best Practicespdf iconexternal icon
World Health Organization Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 3rdpdf iconexternal icon


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There is a lot of information about what labs should do when testing, but there really isn't any info about what they should do after testing.
This answer does not relate to the original question, this answer only relates to risk assessment in labs.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Biosafety and COVID-19
section_headers: Specimen Handling
How should point-of-care testing (POCT) be conducted outside a traditional laboratory?
section_content: For viral testing of specimens conducted outside of a traditional clinical
laboratory, such as rapid respiratory testing, use Standard Precautions to
provide a barrier between the specimen and personnel during specimen
manipulation.
For additional information, refer to:

Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer has information about labs and testing, but no info on what to do with a positive test.
This answer does not relate to what a lab should do after developing a test, which is what the original question asked.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Testing and COVID-19
section_headers: For All Laboratories: Test Developers
My facility created a laboratory-developed test (LDT) to detect SARS-CoV-2. We need to have the first five positive and negative specimens confirmed. Can we send these specimens to CDC?
section_content: Laboratories using an LDT to detect SARS-CoV-2 should confer with their state
public health laboratory for assistance. If the state public health laboratory
cannot assist, contact respvirus@cdc.gov.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer talks about labs and testing, but doesn't address what a lab should do when they find a positive test.
The original question asks what a lab should do after developing a test, not using an already existing test. Thus making this answer unhelpful.

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