Test Updates
The links below will redirect to the lab catalog entries for specimen collection and other test information.
New Tests: The following tests are now performed at Corewell Health Laboratories. Please review clinical, ordering and specimen collection information for more.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Screen Culture [LAB1230910] – Corewell Health Hospital Inpatient Burn Unit use ONLY
- 25-Hydroxyvitamin Level D2 and D3 [LAB1230925] Go live 3/1/2023
Collection Instruction Change: Check that you are using the correct collection device for the correct specimen type or source
- Methylmalonic Acid, Quantitative, Serum [LAB1230845] Stability updated
Reference Range Update
- Creatinine UR updated to “Samples with creatinine <20 mg/dL may be too dilute for accurate drug detection.”
- Drug of Abuse Screen Toxicology, Urine [LAB3227]
- Urine Drug Confirmation (23 targets) [LAB1230496]
- Urine Drug Confirmation (32 targets) [LAB1230497]
Re-routed: Testing is no longer performed at the Local Regional Hospital Lab and has been rerouted and will be performed in Corewell Health Reference Lab (“CHRL”) Grand Rapids, MI.
- Crystal Exam Synovial Fluid [LAB213] No longer performed at Big Rapids Lab
Document Updates:
EMR/LIS (eSHare or Interface) Updates:
The following lab tests have updated information for interfaced clients (non-Corewell Health/Independent Outpatient offices or not on EPIC) with Corewell Health Laboratories. If you did not receive the file definition via email, please contact your vendor, the PRAS Team or use the Contact Us link above.
Format= Change type: Test Name [Interface Code] Additional Information
Please ensure your EMR has the latest order and result codes, and ask at order entry (AOE) questions
Discontinued Test
- Entamoeba histolytica Antibody, Serum [10365]
- Echinococcus Antibody IgG Serum [1230297]
- D2, D3 Discrimination of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D [1230428]
- Vitamin D 25 Hydroxy [10807]
New Test
- 25-Hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3, Serum [1230925]
- Result: 25 Hydroxyvitamin D2 by LCMS [12309919]
- Result: 25 Hydroxyviatmin D3 by LCMS [12309920]
- Result: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Total by LCMS [12309921]
- Pseudomonas Screen Culture [1230910]
- Result: Pseudomonas Screen Culture [12309922]
- For awareness only, this is an inpatient orderable
- Echinococcus Antibody IgG Serum [1230927]
- Result: [12309972] Echinococcus Ab, IgG, S
- Entamoeba Histolytica Antibody, Serum [1230926]
- Result: [12309971] E. Histolytica Ab, IgG, S
