The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States already made an update on its guidelines for its testing procedures
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States already made an update on its guidelines for its testing procedures in order for their patients to make the process more comfortable.
This would aid limit the impact of conducting tests on the supply of personal protective equipment — such as masks, face shields, medical gloves, and medical gowns — used by healthcare workers.
This means that residents who were taking a COVID-19 test would be able to have their own swab test.
The said change didn’t mean that there’s any difference in its guidance with regards to at-home sample collection, which was still specifically prohibited by its rules. This was previously clarified by the FDA in order to put an end to at-home test collection kits that were being distributed by diagnostic startups.
Residents will proceed to authorized testing sites and would still have to meet the screening requirements set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in order for them to get tested.
However, US Vice President Mike Pence said that it would mean that testing conditions were safer for frontline medical personnel in addition to lowering the drain on the supply of personal protective equipment, adding that all state and private laboratories now required by law to report all of their laboratory results by law to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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