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04/10/2020: Lab Advisory: NEW Zoom Password + Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Weekly Call on Monday, April 13 at 3:00 PM EDT
Audience: Clinical Laboratory Professionals
Level: Laboratory Advisory
NEW Zoom Password + Join the Next Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Weekly Call on Monday, April 13 at 3:00 PM EDT
On Monday, April 13, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT, CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems will host a call to discuss hot topics and to solicit the laboratory community’s questions about the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Calls will take place every Monday at 3:00 PM EDT. For added security, participants will now use a password to join these calls – please see below for updated Zoom information.
Please see the attached agenda for an outline of Monday’s call. If you have questions you would like to submit for consideration, please email DLSinquiries@cdc.gov in advance or use the Question & Answer (Q&A) function in Zoom during the call.
For more information, visit the Clinical Laboratory COVID-19 Response Weekly Call website.
Welcome and Introductions
- Jasmine Chaitram, CDC Division of Laboratory Systems
The Reference Lab Experience: Lessons Learned and Ongoing Lessons
- Marc Couturier, ARUP Laboratories
New York State Public Health Laboratory Experience
- Kirsten St. George, New York State Public Health Laboratory at Wadsworth
Serology Testing Update
- Michele Owen, CDC Laboratory Task Force
Category B vs. Materials of Trade (MOT) Specimen Packaging and Shipping
- Stuart Streck, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Home Specimen Collection Kits, Home Testing, Serology, Point-of-Care Testing, and Other Topics
- Tim Stenzel and Sara Brenner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Working with Healthcare Providers to Obtain Demographic Data
- Janet Hamilton, Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Laboratory Biosafety Update for COVID-19
- Bill Arndt, CDC Division of Laboratory Systems
Webinar ID: 160 639 2851
Password: 048861
Join by Phone
+1 (669) 254-5252/Passcode: 1606392851#
+1 (646) 828-7666/Passcode: 1606392851#
Password: 048861
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