Provide guidelines about the best practices to handle samples from COVID-19 patients and answer FAQ questions from the field about general management such as preparation of sample and HIL interferences induced by COVID-19.

Sources: Wang W, Xu Y, Gao R, et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens. JAMA. 2020;323(18):1843–1844. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3786

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