Florida Requires Labs to Report Cycle Threshold Value With Every COVID-19 Test

Florida Requires Labs to Report Cycle Threshold Value With Every COVID-19 Test
A man walks-up at a COVID-19 testing site in Miami Beach, Fla., on Nov. 17, 2020. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
Meiling Lee
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) is mandating that all laboratories involved in COVID-19 testing report the cycle threshold value of every test performed.

In a memo (pdf) dated Dec. 3, the department said, “All positive, negative and indeterminate COVID-19 laboratory results must be reported to FDOH via electronic laboratory reporting or by fax immediately. This includes all COVID-19 test types—polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or the RNA, antigen and antibody results.