LabMed Report

 

2024

Volume

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

3

Body Fluid Lower Reportable Cell Count Ranges

2

Requirement changes for 24-hour Urine Preservative

1

2023

Volume

Munson Medical Center Immature Granulocyte (IG) Reporting

14

Collection and Instrument Updated Roche CTGC and TVDNA

13

Changes to Clostridioides Difficile Testing

12

Tick Borne Pathogens Anaplasma

11

Munson Medical Center Lab Hematology Testing Transitioning to New Platform

10

MHC Standardizing Lab Critical Values

9

Rhlg from Ortho Rhogam to CSL Behring Rhophylac

8

Collection Changes for and Instrument changes for Chlamydia trachomatis Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis

7

Chemistry Automation Line – Specimen Stability

6

eGFR Calculations

5

Infectious Vaginitis Testing

4

Changes to Urine Drug of Abuse Screen Testing

3

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytonpenia (HIT) Testing

2

D-dimer Reporting 

1

2022

Volume

Discontinuation of Direct Bilirubin and Total Bilirubin Reflex Test

6

Michigan Lyme Disease Testing

5

GI (Diarrhea) Testing Panel Update

4

Stago Coagulation Analyzers -- Cadillac Hospital

3

Biofire Bacterial Pathogen Resistance Gene Testing

2

Group A Strep Test Communication

1

2021

Volume 

Electronic Crossmatch and ABO Verification and History Check

16

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

15

Stago Coagulation Analyzers

14

Respiratory testing for 2021-2022

13

Specimen Rejection Policy – Clinical Laboratory Specimens

12

Billing and Coding: Foodborne Gastrointestinal Panels Identified by Multiplex Nucleic Acid Amplification | GI Reimbursement Memo

11

Submitting specimens for laboratory testing 

10

Increased range of results for reporting urinalysis chemistry analytes

9

Serum and Urine: Immunoglobulin, Complement, Immunofixation, Free Light Chain and Electrophoresis, testing to Mayo

8

ABO Verification and History Check

7

Urine specimens for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, & Trichomonas

6

COVIDP GIP CTGC and CRYO Updates

5

Gastrointestinal Pathogen PCR Panel

4

The Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology

3

Influenza and RSV Testing  

2

Group A Strep Test Communication

1

2020

Volume

EV replacement Urine for CTGC Group A strep testing 

8

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Samples 

7

Immunology Testing

6

Chlamydia, Neisseria, Trichomonas Testing 

5

Reporting of Magnesium Results

4

Pertussis and Lyme Disease 

3

Reporting of Magnesium Results

2

Microbiology Changes

1

2019

Volume

Policy regarding Skin Specimen for Frozen Sections

5

Helicobacter Pylori Stool Antigen Testing

4

VerifyNow Testing Platform

3

Measles

2

Removal of the test "Reducing Substances, Urine" | Removal of the test "Magnesium, Red Blood Cell"

1

2018

Volume

Fluoroquinolones

4

Kappa and Lambda Immunoglobulin Free Light Chain Testing

3

Clostridium Difficile Testing

2

p02 and pC02 Discontinued Tests

1

2017

Volume

Immunoassays at MMC II

11

Troponins New Reference Range

10

Clostridium Difficile Testing

9

Immunoassays at MMC

8

Hepatitis C Screening Test Now Available

7

Helicobacter Pylori Testing

6

Plasma

5

Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)

4

Urine Culture

3

Post-Vasectomy Semen Analysis (PVSA)

2

Upgraded Assay for Thyroid Function Cascade and TSH Testing

1

 

2016

Volume

Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests (RIDT)

7

Meningitis/Encephalitis Pathogen Testing

6

Educational Notices from Munson Blood Bank

5

Staphylococcus Pseudintermedius - A Simulator of Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus Aureus (CNSA)

4

A New Laboratory Test for Ketones

3

Group B Streptococci

2

Evaluation for Parasites

1