Reference Links

AAB Archived News

• Latest News from AAB

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• DLS Safe Labs (CDC)
• CDC Division of Laboratory Systems
• CDC Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

• Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

• Full Text of CLIA Regulations
• Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories
• CDC's CLIA Overview (CDC.gov)
• CMS's CLIA Overview (CMS.gov)
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC)
• CLIA Interpretive Brochures
• State Operations Manual. Appendix C - Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services (pdf)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• FDA Resources on Laboratory-Developed Tests (LDTs)

GHS of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

• Tenth Revised Edition
• UN ECE Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations (23rd edition 2023)

Medicare/Medicaid Fraud & Abuse

• Physician Self Referral (CMS.gov)
• Current Law and Regulations (CMS.gov)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• OSHA Regulations (Standards 29 CFR 1910)
• OSHA Interpretive Brochures
• Bloodborne Pathogens 1910.1030
• Personal Protective Equipment 1910.132
• Hazardous Communication 1910.1200
• Lockout/Tagout 1910.147
• Occupational Noise Exposure 1910.95

Privacy of Health Info

• Health Information Privacy (HHS.gov)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

World Health Organization (WHO)

• WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen (6th Edition)
• WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen (5th Edition)
• WHO Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures