What you need to know:

• CDC COVID-19 Testing and Reporting by Laboratories: Q & A
• CDC Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handing and Processing Specimens Associated with COVID-19
• CDC Interim Guidance for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) for COVID-19
• NMDOH Guidance to Healthcare Providers Regarding Viral Collection Kits and Processing of COVID-19 Specimens
• NMDOH Scientific Laboratory Division (SLD) Clinical Test Request Form for COVID-19
• FDA FAQs on Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (includes alternatives for viral transport media/universal transport media)

COVID-19 testing is now available at NMDOH State Laboratory Division, TriCore Reference Laboratories, Pathology Consultants of New Mexico, LabCorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics, and BioReference Laboratories.