The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated staffing shortages in clinical and public health labs. ASM and Weber State University developed a certificate program to qualify college grads to work in such labs.

Verification procedure for commercial serologic tests with Emergency Use Authorization for detection of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.

SARS-CoV-2 EUA-authorized molecular assays are an important tool for the diagnostic testing of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical microbiology and public health laboratories. ASM's recommendations provide step-by-step validation procedures of commercial EUA tests for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection.