On December 7, 2023, the CDC issued a laboratory advisory and health alert for Monkeypox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For more information please visit...
CDC LOCS
CDC LOCS
COLA has established this CDC Updates page so that you can quickly receive up to date information for clinical laboratories. COLA has been engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates.
For past CDC LOCS updates, click here.
Clinical Testing Guidance for Patients with Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
On December 11, 2023, the CDC issued a laboratory advisory providing clinical testing guidance for patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). The CDC advises that although the likelihood of VHFs being carried to the United States by travelers is...
CDC Issues Health Alert for Guidance on Measles and International Travel
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important announcement to share at this time. You...
CDC Issues Health Alert for Locally Acquired Malaria Cases in the United States
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important announcement to share at this time. You...
COVID-19 Laboratory Reporting Requirements Update
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important...
CDC Issues Health Alert for Potential Risk for New Mpox Cases
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important...
CDC Issues Health Alert for Outbreak of Suspected Fungal Meningitis in U.S. Patients Who Had Surgery in Mexico
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important...
COVID-19 CLIA Post-Public Health Emergency Guidance
COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. There is an important...
HHS Declaration of Public Health Emergency for Monkeypox Diagnostics and New FDA Guidance
On September 9, 2022, the CDC alerted laboratories that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has declared that the current circumstances justify the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics to detect and/or diagnose infection with the Monkeypox virus.
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