Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Center for Laboratory Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea.
Ann Lab Med. 2020 Sep;40(5):351-360. doi: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.351.
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in December 2019, is still ongoing in Korea, with >9,000 confirmed cases as of March 25, 2020. COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and real-time reverse transcription-PCR is currently the most reliable diagnostic method for COVID-19 around the world. Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine and the Korea Centers for Disease Prevention and Control propose guidelines for diagnosing COVID-19 in clinical laboratories in Korea. These guidelines are based on other related domestic and international guidelines, as well as expert opinions and include the selection of test subjects, selection of specimens, diagnostic methods, interpretation of test results, and biosafety.
2019 年 12 月开始的 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)疫情仍在韩国持续,截至 2020 年 3 月 25 日,已确诊超过 9000 例。COVID-19 是一种严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)感染,实时逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)是目前全球 COVID-19 最可靠的诊断方法。韩国临床检验医学会和韩国疾病预防控制中心提出了韩国临床实验室诊断 COVID-19 的指南。这些指南是基于其他相关的国内外指南、专家意见,包括检测对象的选择、标本的选择、诊断方法、检测结果的解释以及生物安全。