For Health Professionals

Laboratory testing technology has made great strides in the ability to detect disease and help guide treatment decisions. With this progress, however, lab testing has become more complex and specialized. If you are a medical professional, Testing.com can serve as a quick reference tool or as a resource for keeping up with advances in laboratory science. The information on this site can facilitate consultations between health care providers and the laboratory professionals who provide the lab services.

• Find hundreds of testing articles on a variety of analytes using the Test Index, or input the name of a test into the search box at the top of the web page.
• Learn about LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes), the world’s most widely used terminology standard for health measurements, observations, and documents. The purpose is to assist in the electronic exchange and gathering of clinical results, including laboratory tests.
• Visit Optimal Testing Recommendations from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) for information on commonly misused tests. This important resource is geared toward medical professionals and provides evidence-based recommendations on the clinical utility of select laboratory tests.

Health care providers can share the valuable testing information found here with patients by linking to the site from their health care websites or patient portals. View our policy on linking. Alternatively, individual articles can be printed and distributed to patients. Use the printer icon located at the top of each article to create printed copies.

View Patient Resources for a list of articles that may be helpful to your patients on topics such as how to read a lab report, what reference ranges mean, informed medical decision-making, laboratory methods, and more.

Use the following links to quickly access COVID-19 pandemic resources designed for health care professionals:

For Lab Professionals: Visit the following web pages for essential information on testing:

• AACC’s Coronavirus Resources
• CDC: Information for Laboratories
• CDC: Frequently Asked Questions about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Laboratories
• Association of Public Health Laboratories: Laboratory and Testing Resources

For Clinicians:

• Visit the following CDC resources.
  • Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
  • Clinical Care Quick Reference for COVID-19
  • Interim Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
  • Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Training for Healthcare Professionals
• Food And Drug Administration: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Resources for Health Professionals
• National Institutes of Health: COVID-19 Research
• Infectious Diseases Society of America: Real Time Learning Network
• LOINC from Regenstrief: SARS Coronavirus 2 LOINC information

For information on clinical lab careers and job opportunities, visit these web resources from a few of our partners:

• AACC Career Center
• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science’s Career Center
• Clinical Laboratory Management Association’s Career Center
• American Society for Clinical Pathology: Find A Job