Question: What COVID-19 testing supplies are available from the 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 tells exactly what testing supplies the IRR provides.
This talks about what tests the IRR has which is what was being asked in the question. There's a link to their website which no doubt provides even more in depth information about the question

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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:
This answer doesn't answer the question if these are available from the IRR or just available in general.
This seems like an incomplete answer. What is here is relevant but there's not much there. No mention of the IRR. Part of the answer is something that's discontinued which isn't helpful

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Symptoms & Testing
Where can I get tested for COVID-19?
section_content: The process and locations for testing vary from place to place. Contact your
state, local, tribal, or territorial department for more information, or reach
out to a medical provider. State and local public health departments have
received tests from CDC while medical providers are getting tests developed by
commercial manufacturers. While supplies of these tests are increasing, it may
still be difficult to find someplace to get tested. See Testing for
COVID-19 for more information.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
No mention of the IRR here. The answer itself doesn't even really provide any useful information other than a link about testing, but even that seems generic. I feel like this doesn't tell me anything
This response answers WHERE to get tested and not available testing supplies from the IRR.

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