Test Announcements

2021 »

Date	Description
NOV 23	Anti-streptolysin O Titer (ASO) Test Discontinuation
NOV 22	New Laboratory Test Directory Website
OCT 14	Discontinuation of Certain Specialty Tests
OCT 06	Changes to Heparin Therapeutic Range (aPTT Target) Oct. 2021
SEP 13	Replacement Test: Cytochrome P450-2C19 (CYP2C19) Nucleic Acid Detection Tests
AUG 09	PAN-HEME NGS Panel
JUL 13	Changes to Hepatitis C (HCV) RNA by PCR Quantitative Result
JUL 09	New Test: Rapid Molecular Panel on Positive Blood Culture
JUN 08	Update: Removal of Race Labels on Calculated eGFR
MAY 26	Lactate Dehydrogenase Reference Interval Update
MAY 05	New Test: Lipid Panel with Reflex to Direct LDL
MAY 05	Method Update for Ceruloplasmin, C3 and C4
APR 26	New Test: Hepatitis B Virus E Antigen (HBeA) and Antibodies (anti-HBe)
APR 14	NPM1 Mutation Analysis
APR 07	New Tests: Lipoprotein(a) and Direct LDL-C
MAR 17	Taxonomic Changes and Terminology Update of Clinically Significant Bacteria
FEB 04	Changes to Heparin Therapeutic Range (aPTT Target) 2021
JAN 26	Change in Sendout Lab for Certain INfectious Disease Molecular Tests

2020 »

Date	Description
DEC 23	i-STAT Cartridge Storage May Result in Erroneously High Ionized Calcium
NOV 24	New Test: Respiratory Pathogen Nucleic Acid Detection Panel
NOV 03	New In-house Test: Access Interleukin 6
OCT 27	New Test: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Nucleic Acid Detection Tests
SEP 02	Updated SARS-CoV-2 IgG Serology Testing
JUL 22	Update to Glucose Critical Value
JUN 16	Changes to Heparin Therapeutic Range (aPTT Target)
JUN 15	Whole Blood Lead Reference interval Update
JUN 09	Myeloid 75-Gene Mutation Panel by Next Generation Sequencing
APR 27	Update: SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Testing
APR 22	New Test Offering: SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Testing
APR 21	Intact Parathyroid Hormone Method Update
APR 10	Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Nucleic Acid Detection Tests-update
MAR 27	Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Nucleic Acid Detection Tests
JAN 24	Enterovirus by PCR (CSF): In-house Test Discontinuation
JAN 17	Urgent Recall Memo: iSTAT CHEM8+ Recall Nofication

2019 »

Date	Description
NOV 27	T-cell, B-cell, and NK-cell Reference Range Changes
NOV 22	New Test: High Sensitivity Troponin I
NOV 13	Unit Measurement Change for IgG Subclasses 1, 2, 3, 4
OCT 25	Measles Update: Measles IgG New Cut-off
OCT 01	Pleural Fluid pH Testing Updated Location and Test Code
SEP 24	New Test: Hepatits B Surface Antibody, Qualitative & Quantitative
AUG 26	New Test Update: Sensitive Estradiol Immunoassay
AUG 21	New Test: Rotem Viscoelastic Test
JUL 31	Removal of Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) from Critical Values List
MAY 21	Sepsis and Lactic Acid, Plasma Normal Range
APR 19	New Test: Lipid Panel, Non-Fasting (LIPSC2)
MAR 13	Method Update for Serum Free light Chains, IgG Subclasses, Immunoglobulins IgG, IgA, and IgM
FEB 25	Nonbinary Gender or Unknown Sex and Laboratory Reference Ranges Update
JAN 14	Changes to BK Virus DNA by PCR, Quantitative Testing
JAN 02	Nonbinary or unknown gender and laboratory reference ranges

2018 »

Date	Description
DEC 21	Changes to cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA by PCR, quantitative testing
NOV 16	Delivery on ice no longer required for lactic acid, plasma collected in grey-top tubes
NOV 08	Notice of Test Menu Changes
OCT 12	Delay in 2C19 Results
SEP 18	New Test for BCR-ABL1 Minor (p190), Quantitative
SEP 07	Delay in Mycobacteria Results
JUL 25	AML, 10-Gene Panel Next Generation Sequencing
JUL 20	Removal of temperature correction for blood gas analysis: pH, pCO2, pO2
JUL 13	New Electronic Interface with Mayo Medical Laboratories
JUN 29	HLA, T & B cell crossmatch by flow cytometry (kidney and/or pancreas pre-transplant)
JUN 21	New Test: Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 & 2 by real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
MAY 21	New Tests: Testosterone Free, Adult Male; Sex Hormone Binding Globulin
APR 25	BCR-ABL1 P210 IVD Quantititative qPCR Test
APR 16	Date Correction: Change in Lab Methodology for D-Dimer Testing
APR 06	Change in Lab Methodology for D-Dimer Testing
MAR 16	Faxitron PathVision System
MAR 02	Elimination of thymoglobulin depletion in serum samples for testing anti-HLA antibodies.
FEB 26	Procalcitonin Testing (PCT) will be performed in the Microbiology Division.
FEB 23	New Test: FLT3 mutation, PCR (FLT3-ITD; FLT3-D835)
FEB 06	Dedicated Collection Tubes for Microbiology Molecular Testing
FEB 05	New Access TSH (3rd IS) Assay

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