Test Update
The following information was updated in the Lab Catalog.
The following information was updated in the Lab Catalog.
Specimen Collection and Test Updates – September 2022
The following information was updated in the Lab Catalog.
Effective September 21, 2022, the resulting options for the following Hepatitis lab result components will be updated from “Positive”/”Negative” to “Reactive”/”Nonreactive”. Any additional current resulting options, such as “Equivocal” or “See Comment”, will remain available. This will only affect applicable tests that have not yet been resulted.
Effective September 14, 2022, between 7am-9am, Urinalysis (UA) integration updates will go live for Spectrum Health West Michigan. The units and reference ranges on multiple UA result components have been updated for accuracy and clarity. These updates will not affect UA testing that has been resulted.
Specimen Collection and Test Updates – August 2022
The following information was updated in the Lab Catalog.
Cell Count w/ Differential if indicated, Cerebrospinal Fluid [LAB2111025] and Cell Count with Differential, Cerebrospinal Fluid (Pediatric Oncology) [LAB212] currently result nucleated cell counts as a White Blood Cell (WBC) count.
Effective Tuesday, August 16, 2022, the WBC component will be removed and instead reported as a Total Nucleated Cell (TNC) Count for CSF.
After consultation with our clinical partners, Spectrum Health West Michigan Laboratory will be adjusting the pediatric reference ranges for our new ALT and AST reagents in an effort to better serve our population. Numerous academic studies were reviewed, and the values listed below were adopted on August 3, 2022:
Specimen Collection and Test Updates – July 2022
The following information was updated in the Lab Catalog.