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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) updated state COVID-19 test result reporting requirements in a notice issued by the Commissioner of Health and published in the State Register on May 1, 2023. For more information, review COVID-19 test reporting changes, effective May 12, 2023.
Reporting COVID-19 test results is one way partner organizations help MDH monitor COVID-19. Partners that help test and then report the test results to MDH include long-term care settings, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, corrections facilities, shelters, medical laboratories, and hospitals. This page summarizes state COVID-19 test result reporting requirements and offers resources for sites performing testing, some of which may have limited experience reporting test results.
Self-administered home use tests (excluding self-collected specimens where the testing is performed at a laboratory) and antibody (serology) results are not reportable to MDH through laboratory or case reporting requirements. For more information on self-testing, refer to COVID-19 Self-testing.
Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) include PCR and tests that involve "isothermal amplification." For more information, refer to CDC: Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs). These tests include Abbott ID Now and Cue.
Non-NAATs include antigen tests such as BinaxNOW, BD Veritor, and Quidel Sofia. For more information, refer to CDC: Guidance for Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 for Healthcare Providers Testing Individuals in the Community.
Some partners have a laboratory information system/laboratory information management system that can create messages that meet Health Level 7 International (HL7) standards for sending health information from one health organization to another. All reportable COVID-19 test results must be sent to MDH within 24 hours.
Laboratories registered for the federal Promoting Interoperability Program that want to submit data electronically through their laboratory information system should review guidance at MDH Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) and Reporting Interoperability. Contact health.Electroni...@state.mn.us to start the electronic laboratory reporting process.
Facilities that do not meet Promoting Interoperability Program requirements, but have the ability to report results using HL7 standards should review the Minnesota Electronic Laboratory Reporting HL7 2.5.1 Implementation Guide (PDF), and contact health.Electroni...@state.mn.us to ask to start the process.
Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit agency that develops standards for electronic health information. To streamline how data is processed, MDH works with facilities so they submit data in an organized way. HL7 is one of the international organizations that creates and supports standards for submitting consistent data using electronic laboratory reporting.
Facilities that do not meet the requirements for the Promoting Interoperability Program (formerly called Meaningful Use), but have the ability to report using HL7 standards should review the Minnesota Electronic Laboratory Reporting HL7 2.5.1 Implementation Guide (PDF) and contact health.Electroni...@state.mn.us to ask about starting the process.
Federally certified nursing facilities can report results of COVID-19 tests done at the point of care using the CDC: LTCF COVID-19 Module. This secure online reporting system for long-term care facilities is part of the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) infection tracking system. Test results must be submitted within 24 hours of being completed; results are shared with MDH.
Other sites who may be operating under a CLIA certificate of waiver, such as schools or congregate living facilities, offer COVID-19 testing on-site. These sites can CDC: SimpleReport to report facility-administered positive COVID-19 test results to MDH.
Minnesota law also has requirements for reporting cases of COVID-19, which are separate from the COVID-19 test result reporting requirements discussed on this page. Follow the instructions on Reporting COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Infections.
Self-administered home use tests (not including self-collected specimens where the test is performed at a laboratory) and antibody (serology) findings are not reportable to MDH through laboratory or case reporting requirements. For more information on self-testing, refer to COVID-19 Self-Testing.
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In certain jurisdictions, healthcare providers who diagnose COVID-19 are required to report those cases to public health."]}Skip directly to site contentSkip directly to searchEspañol Other LanguagesCOVID-19 Viral Testing ToolCOVID-19 Viral Testing ToolRestartCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving Lives, Protecting PeopleCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving Lives, Protecting People SubmitHOME COVID-19Error processing SSI file
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If you test negative for COVID-19 using an at-home antigen test, repeat* the test again 48 hours after your first test. Also, consider consulting a healthcare provider to see if you need to be tested for another viral infection or illness. Follow precautions on how to protect yourself and others.
If you test negative for COVID-19 using an at-home antigen test, repeat* the test again 48 hours after your first test. If both tests are negative, then repeat testing after another 48 hours for a total of three tests.
CDC strongly encourages everyone who uses a self-test to report any positive results to their healthcare provider. COVID-19 home tests can be safely and privately reported at MakeMyTestCount.org. Healthcare providers can ensure that those who have tested positive for COVID-19 receive the most appropriate medical care, including specific treatments if necessary.
NOTE regarding self-test results: While there are no current mechanisms that require reporting of self-test results to public health authorities, CDC encourages everyone who uses a self-test to report any positive results to their healthcare provider. Healthcare providers can ensure that those who have tested positive for COVID-19 receive the most appropriate medical care, including specific treatments if necessary. COVID-19 home tests can be safely and privately reported at MakeMyTestCount.org.
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), in collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), CDC, and other public and private partners, has developed these CSTE tools to assist laboratories with reporting.
CDC has posted a LOINC In-Vitro Diagnostic (LIVD) Test Code Mapping Guide for COVID-19 test results for tests with emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that can be used by clinical laboratories and instrument manufacturers. This specification supports the use of standardized LOINC and SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT) codes to improve the accuracy of reporting tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Using these harmonized LOINC and SNOMED-CT codes helps ensure that the same type of test is represented uniformly across the United States.
For those COVID-19 tests that have not yet received FDA emergency use authorization, CDC encourages test developers and laboratories that use COVID-19 tests to work together to obtain appropriate and interoperable LOINC and SNOMED-CT codes for reporting purposes.
Whenever possible, laboratories must use standard codes that already exist. Before requesting a new code, search the list of currently available LOINC codes for COVID-19 tests. If a LOINC test code cannot be identified whose attributes appropriately match the test for which coding is needed, new terms can be submitted, and a new code can be requested through LOINC.
Electronic reporting options are available to reduce the burden on providers reporting test results. Laboratories that are not currently reporting electronically to their state or local health department and want assistance in establishing electronic reporting can contact E...@cdc.gov.
COVID-19 home tests can be safely and privately reported at MakeMyTestCount.org, but there is currently limited use for collecting self-test result data to inform public health surveillance. There are no current mechanisms that require reporting of self-test results to public health authorities. Voluntary reporting of self-test results will often be anonymous or lack data necessary for public health analysis or action. Therefore, the self-test results are unlikely to enhance understanding of trends in disease transmission or severity and often do not provide sufficient information to support case investigations. The public health community, including CDC, is confident that situational awareness remains strong without receiving self-test results. Find more information: About CDC COVID-19 Data.
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