Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Testing for health care workers, residents in long-term care facilities, and select populations in community settings are discussed separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Health care workers and health care systems" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Long-term care facilities" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Community and public health settings (including travel)".)
Links to other COVID-19-related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)
International
●WHO: Antigen-detection in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection – Interim guidance (2021)
●WHO: Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 – Interim guidance (2020)
Canada
●Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN): Best practices for COVID-19 (2020)
●PHAC: Guidance for repeated PCR testing in individuals previously positive for COVID-19 (2020)
●PHAC: National polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing indication guidance for COVID-19 (2020)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): COVID-19 testing guidance (2022)
●CDC: Interim guidelines for collecting and handling of clinical specimens for COVID-19 testing (2022)
●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19 – Antigen testing (2021, updated 2022)
●IDSA: Guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19 – Molecular diagnostic testing (2020)
●IDSA: Guidelines on the diagnosis of COVID-19 – Serologic testing (2020)
Europe
●ECDC: Considerations for the use of saliva as sample material for COVID-19 testing (2021)
●ECDC: Options for the use of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in the EU/EEA (2021)
●ECDC: Testing strategies for SARS-CoV-2 (2021)
United Kingdom
●Public Health England (PHE): Guidance on COVID-19 – Rapid point of care or near-person testing for service providers (2021, updated 2022)
●PHE: Guidance on COVID-19 – Guidance for sampling and for diagnostic laboratories (2020, updated 2021)
●PHE: Guidance on COVID-19 – Guidance for taking swab samples (2020)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Information of testing strategies
Australia–New Zealand
●Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN): Guidance on laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) (2020, updated 2022)
●PHLN and Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA): Joint statement on SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests (2020, updated 2022)
●PHLN: Guidance on nucleic acid test result interpretation for SARS-CoV-2 (2020)
Japan
●[In Japanese] National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID): 2019-nCoV (new coronavirus) infection suspected patient specimen collection and transportation manual (2020, updated 2021)
●[In Japanese] NIID: New coronavirus infectious disease pathogen detection manual (2020)
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[International] World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
●[Canada] Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): COVID-19 testing, screening and contact tracing
●[United States] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Testing for COVID-19
●[United Kingdom] National Health Service (NHS): Testing for coronavirus (COVID-19)
●[Australia–New Zealand] New South Wales Department of Health (NSW Health): Testing and managing COVID-19
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)
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