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The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown. Certain federal government activities have ceased due to a lack of appropriated funding. During the government shutdown, only web sites supporting excepted functions will be updated. As a result, the information on this website may not be up to date and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries.

Backdate a test

If you’re submitting test results you’ve already conducted, you can backdate the result in SimpleReport.

  1. Go to Conduct tests, search for a patient name, and click Begin test
  2. Uncheck the checkbox that says Use current date The SimpleReport site showing where to find the use current date checkbox
  3. Enter the correct Test date and Test time. Enter the result by clicking Submit The SimpleReport site showing where to modify test date and time