Update of Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea.
Ki Ho HongGab Jeong KimKyoung Ho RohHeung-Sup SungJaehyeon LeeSo Yeon KimTaek Soo KimJae Sun ParkHee Jae HuhYounhee ParkJae Seok KimHyun Soo KimMoon-Woo SeongNam Hee RyooSang Hoon SongHyuk Min LeeGye Cheol KwonCheon-Kwon Yoonull nullPublished in: Annals of laboratory medicine (2022)
Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency have announced guidelines for diagnosing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in clinical laboratories in Korea. With the ongoing pandemic, we propose an update of the previous guidelines based on new scientific data. This update includes recommendations for tests that were not included in the previous guidelines, including the rapid molecular test, antigen test, antibody test, and self-collected specimens, and a revision of the previous recommendations. This update will aid clinical laboratories in performing laboratory tests for diagnosing COVID-19.