How Has SARS-CoV-2 Serology Testing Changed?

from CAPcast from the College of American Pathologists · host College of American Pathologists

As science learns more about the SARS-CoV-2 antibody and related patient testing, the CAP continues to evolve their programs to support laboratory testing, as Drs. Susan Fink and Danyel Tacker explain in this CAPcast. Susan Fink, MD, PhD, FCAP, is an Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is also the Assistant Director of the University of Washington Medical Center Clinical Immunology Laboratory. Danyel H. Tacker, PhD,(ABCC), is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology at West Virginia University. Danyel serves as section director of the Chemistry and Clinical Mass Spectrometry Laboratories, and the CLIA Laboratory Director of Blood-Gas Laboratories, at the WVU Hospital; she is also CLIA Laboratory Director of the Fairmont Medical Center Hospital Laboratory. Visit the COVID-19 page on the CAP’s web site for the latest news and resources, including those for proficiency testing customers and CAP-accredited laboratories (https://capatholo.gy/38HjAZh). The COVID-19 page offers useful links to helpful tools and resources to clarify rules of compliance as you implement COVID-19 testing in your laboratory. You can order the SARS-CoV-2 Serology PT program today. The program code is COVS.