--- title: New COVID-19 Data Tracker Website for Laboratories and CDC Posts Updated Point-of-Care Testing Biosafety Guidelines for COVID-19 description: COLA is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. image: https://blog.cola.org/hubfs/LOCS_600.jpg --- ISO 9001:2015 - [Careers](http://www.cola.org/careers/) - [A Great Place to Work](http://www.cola.org/careers/a-great-place-to-work/) - [Current Openings](http://www.cola.org/careers/current-openings/) - [Press Room](http://www.cola.org/press-room/) - Member Login - [COLAcentral](https://www.colacentral.com) - [Board of Directors](http://board.cola.org/) - visit related COLA sites - [GiveBack365](http://www.GiveBack365.org) - [Lab Testing Matters](http://www.LabTestingMatters.org) - [MyConsultantCentral](http://www.myconsultantcentral.com/) - 1-800-981-9883 ![ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1](https://blog.cola.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1.png?width=306&height=111&name=ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1.png)   ![ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1](https://blog.cola.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1.png?width=210&height=76&name=ColaUpdatedLogoStackedWhiteBackground-1.png)   ISO 9001:2015 - 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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *COLA is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates. Below are links to the most recent message about the new CDC COVID-19 data tracker website for laboratories and updated CDC point-of-care testing biosafety guidelines for COVID-19. * **New COVID-19 Data Tracker Website for Laboratories** On Thursday, May 7, 2020, CDC published a new  COVID-19 Data Tracker website. The site consolidates laboratory test results data reported by laboratories in the United States, including public health, hospital, and commercial and reference laboratories. [Read more here. ](https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2020/new_COVID-19_data_tracker_website_for_laboratories.html)   **CDC Posts Updated Point-of-Care Testing Biosafety Guidelines for COVID-19** CDC recently updated the [Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html) to provide additional information about point-of-care (POC) testing for SARS-CoV-2. 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