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Pulmonology

CMV and EBV Testing Updates

Effective March 17, 2024, Corewell Health Advanced Technology Laboratory will update their CMV and EBV Quantitation testing.

March 8, 2024 by Laboratory Services

Hemostasis/Coagulation

Test Update: aPTT Reference Range Adjustment

Effective September 26, 2023, at 9:00 AM, Corewell Health West Laboratories will go live with a new lot of aPTT reagents. The aPTT reference ranges will be adjusted to reflect this reagent lot change. The following will be the new normal reference ranges for aPTT testing: Continue Reading

September 21, 2023 by Laboratory Services

General Information, Immunochemistry

Immunochemistry Methodology Update

Effective December 11th, 2019, Spectrum Health Regional Laboratory’s Immunochemistry laboratory will be upgrading the following tests from the Immunoassay Vidas platform to the Multiplex flow immunoassay Bioplex 2200 platform.

Cytomegalovirus IgG Antibody

Cytomegalovirus IgM Antibody

Toxoplasma IgG Antibody

Toxoplasma IgM Antibody

Lyme Total Antibody

All tests will continue to have the same collection instructions, processing instructions, rejection criteria, specimen stability, turn-around-time, and qualitative reference ranges of negative. Continue Reading

December 2, 2019 by Laboratory Services

General Information, Immunochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Diagnostics, Referral/Sendouts

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) IgM Antibody Testing Update

As of November 25^th 2019 the following tests for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) IgM antibody testing will be obsoleted.

Herpes IgM Antibody Screen – LAB3576

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Antibody Screen, IgM, by EIA, Serum – LAB3578

Herpes Simplex Panel – LAB1230539 Continue Reading

November 22, 2019 by Laboratory Services