CAPcast from the College of American Pathologists
CAPcast from the College of American Pathologists
College of American Pathologists
Diagnosing Zika: How Labs Can Provide an Extra Measure of Quality Assurance
3 minutes Posted Feb 16, 2017 at 3:07 pm.
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The FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorization for several diagnostic tests for Zika to assist in the public health response. In this CAPcast, Dr. Benjamin Pinsky, Stanford University Medical Center’s Director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory, discusses the types of testing available as well as the new Vector Bourne Disease Survey from the CAP, which is designed to provide an extra measure of quality assurance for laboratories performing molecular Zika testing.