Click here for information on disposal of expired VTM and swabs.

Effective Saturday, May 13, 2023, SHL will no longer be analyzing COVID samples on weekends and holidays. Click here for more details.

Effective April 1, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) will no longer require positive COVID-19 tests to be reported to the state Public Health Division.

On November 1, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of all COVID-19 antigen tests. Click for details.

CMS updates available on the use of tests for SARS-CoV-2 on asymptomatic individuals. Click here for details.

The expiration date on Spectrum kits used for Test Iowa saliva samples has been extended to a year from the date of the expiration on the vial.  Click here for details.

The state has lifted the temporary reduction in sequencing sample submission.  Facilities should resume submission of their first 10 samples each week to the State Hygienic Laboratory for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants.