Ready? Set? Test! Patient Testing Is Important. Get the Right Results.
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What you'll learn
You learn the basic requirements for CLIA waived testing, how to prepare your testing site, confirm the right sample from the right patient, run tests, and record and report results accurately.
- Basic requirements for waived testing
- Preparing the testing site
- Right sample from the right patient
- Recording and reporting results
- Responsibilities under a Certificate of Waiver
Source: the provider's official page ↗
Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 1.0 hr.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payNothingThe learning and the certificate are free.
- Time
- 1.0 hour
- Before you start
- Free OneLab REACH account (log in or register); complete the course and post test. Optional CME/CEU requires passing the post test at 70% and completing steps in CDC TRAIN (WB5013) by May 13, 2029.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced eLearning
- Renewal
- None stated
- Full cost details
- $0. CDC describes OneLab REACH as free and publicly accessible; General Completion Certificate included.
- Where it applies
- Open online (CDC states public access); United States laboratory and clinical context. Supplemental learning, not an occupational certification.
Counts toward a license or requirement?NoThis free CDC course does not count toward CMA (AAMA) eligibility, which requires an accredited medical assisting program or another approved pathway. It is useful background for point of care testing. Source ↗
Checked at the source Oct 12, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Official OneLab REACH course page (duration, certificate types) ↗OneLab REACH catalog listing the General Certificate for this course ↗CDC OneLab REACH launch event: free, publicly accessible, downloadable certificates ↗What we verified: Course page: 1.0 hour, for 'personnel performing patient testing with waived tests'; General Certificate, P.A.C.E. (288 038 26) and CME/CEU via TRAIN WB5013 by May 13, 2029. Cost not on course page; CDC launch event says the platform is free.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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