Specimen Collection and Test Updates – October 2025

Test Updates

• Update Test: Collection Updated for Corewell Health Southwest Michigan region. Specimens now route to Corewell Health Reference Laboratory in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • AFB Culture [LAB8770]
  • Urine Cultures [LAB239]
  • Wound Cultures [LAB2111191]
  • Anaerobic Cultures [LAB233]
  • Group B Strep PCR  [LAB3417]
  • Foreign Body Cultures [LAB224]
  • MRSA Cultures [LAB234]
  • Gonococcus (GC) Culture [LAB235]
  • VRE Screen Cultures [LAB238]
  • Macroscopic Parasite [LAB2111126]
  • Microscopic Parasite [LAB2111304]
  • Pinworm Exam [LAB248]
  • Fungal Culture [LAB240, LAB2111060]
  • Fungal Culture, Blood [LAB242]
• Clinical Information updated: HPV High Risk Screen with HPV Genotype Reflex [LAB1231770] HPV testing alone is not recommended for post treatment surveillance in people with a history of CIN 2/3, AIS, VaIN 2/3 or vaginal cancer diagnosed in the last 25 years. Order Pap with cotesting LAB1230097.
• Stability updated: Sed Rate [LAB547} – stability updated for sites that use MiniiSED to perform testing (West Regional Hospital Laboratories, excludes Corewell Health Reference Laboratory, Grand Rapids and Blodgett Hospital Laboratory, East Grand Rapids.
• Stability updated:Aldosterone Direct Renin Ratio [LAB1230661] Specimen Stability updated
• New: Apixaban testing is available to order in the Corewell Health Southwest region, this test is already available for Corewell Health West region.

Other updates

• Document: Referral/Send Out Guide
• Document: Reflex Testing

EMR/LIS Updates (eSHare or EHR Interface):

The following lab tests have updated information for interfaced clients (non-Corewell Health/Independent Outpatient offices or not on Corewell Health 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.

If you require a file definition or compendium for your EMR please use the “Contact Us” link above.

FAQ for Orders and Results Interface

New Tests

The following tests have been added to the compendium. Please contact the PRAS team or use the contact us link above for more information, including result codes.

• Order: Apixaban 1231917 | Result: Apixaban Concentration 12313247

AOE Question Change

• SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PCR [1230607]
  • Remove Throat from LAB266 Specimen Source AOE

Result Updates

• Add new: 12313189 Comment
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Quantitative PCR, Blood/Plasma [108328]
  • Hepatitis B Virus DNA Quantitation by PCR [10583]
  • Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitation by RT-PCR [10170]
  • HIV-1 Quantitative RNA, PCR [55082]
  • Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) PCR, DNA, Quantitative [11713]

All specimen collection updates