2024 LOCS Messages

Oct 24. 2024 10/24/2024: Lab Update: Upcoming CLIAC Meeting, November 6-7, 2024
Oct 18. 2024 10/18/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, October 21 at 3:00 PM
Oct 04. 2024 10/04/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for First Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in the Republic of Rwanda
Sep 26. 2024 09/26/2024: Lab Alert: Potential Shipping Delays Due to Inclement Weather Conditions
Sep 26. 2024 09/26/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Prevention Strategies for U.S. Travelers Visiting Countries with Clade I Mpox Outbreaks
Sep 24. 2024 09/16/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, September 16 at 3:00 PM
Aug 27. 2024 08/27/2024: Lab Advisory: Recommendations for Mpox Specimen Testing
Aug 22. 2024 08/22/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Increased Oropouche Virus Activity and Associated Risk to Travelers
Aug 19. 2024 08/16/2024: Lab Alert: BD Life Sciences Issues Notice to Immediately Discard Affected BD BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA Kits
Aug 16. 2024 08/16/2024: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, August 19 at 3:00 PM
Aug 15. 2024 08/15/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Increase in Human Parvovirus B19 Activity in the United States
Aug 09. 2024 08/09/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Spread to Neighboring Countries
Jul 25. 2024 07/25/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Disruptions in Availability of BD BACTEC Blood Culture Media Bottles
Jul 17. 2024 07/17/2024: Lab Advisory: Conjunctival Swab Specimen Collection for Detection of Avian Influenza A(H5) Viruses
Jul 12. 2024 07/12/2024: Lab Update: Updated Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Guidance
Jul 12. 2024 07/12/2024: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, July 15 at 3:00 PM
Jul 10. 2024 07/10/2024: Lab Advisory: Impending Shortage of Blood Culture Media Bottles from BD Life Sciences
Jun 27. 2024 06/27/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Increased Risk of Dengue Virus Infections in the United States
Jun 18. 2024 06/18/2024: Lab Update: LOCS Call Technical Issues - June 17, 2024
Jun 17. 2024 06/14/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, June 17 at 3:00 PM
Jun 12. 2024 06/12/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Open Call to Industry for Influenza A(H5) Diagnostic Test Development and Validation
Jun 06. 2024 06/06/2024: Lab Advisory: Novel Influenza A Virus Biosafety Guidance Update
Jun 06. 2024 06/06/2024: Lab Advisory: Select Agents and Toxins Exemption for H5 Avian Influenza Viruses
Jun 03. 2024 06/03/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Enhanced Summer 2024 Influenza Surveillance Strategy
May 31. 2024 05/31/2024: Lab Advisory: Enforcement Discretion Granted for the Use of Conjunctival Swabs with the CDC Human Influenza Virus Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, Influenza A/H5 Subtyping Kit
May 17. 2024 05/17/2024: Lab Update: Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call Canceled on Monday, May 20
May 07. 2024 05/07/2024: Lab Update: FDA Webinar About Final Rule Regarding Laboratory Developed Tests
Apr 25. 2024 04/25/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Adverse Effects Linked to Counterfeit or Mishandled Botulinum Toxin Injections
Apr 16. 2024 04/16/2024: Lab Update: Clarification for A/H5 Influenza Assay Licensing
Apr 12. 2024 04/12/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, April 15 at 3:00 PM ET
Apr 10. 2024 04/10/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Health Alert for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus
Apr 10. 2024 04/10/2024: Lab Advisory: CDC Issues Alert for Increase in Global and Domestic Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Apr 08. 2024 04/08/2024: Lab Update: Updated Mpox Webpages for Biosafety and Reporting
Mar 26. 2024 03/26/2024: Lab Alert: FDA Revokes EUAs for Six SARS-CoV-2 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices
Mar 26. 2024 03/26/2024: Lab Update: Upcoming CLIAC Meeting, April 10, 2024
Mar 18. 2024 03/15/2024: Lab Advisory: Guidance for Specimens and Clinical Waste Suspected to Contain Clade I Monkeypox Virus
Mar 15. 2024 03/15/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, March 18 at 3:00 PM ET
Feb 23. 2024 02/23/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, February 26 at 3:00 PM ET
Jan 26. 2024 01/26/2024: Lab Update: Access to ISO 35001:2019 – Biorisk management for laboratories and other related organisations
Jan 22. 2024 01/19/2024: Lab Update: Join the next Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) Call on Monday, January 22 at 3:00 PM ET