Test Catalog Updates August 3, 2016 Updates noted in Red

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1 s Updates noted in Red BLOD1424 Allergen Food Basil No page Specimen Requirement 0.5 ml (0.3 ml minimum) serum. Send Stability: RMT - NA REFT - 14 days Frozen - 14 days BLOD0248 Allergen Food Green Bean 39 Specimen Requirement 0.5 ml (0.3 ml minimum) serum. Send Stability: RMT - NA REFT - 14 days Frozen - 14 days BLOD1136 Allergen Food Macadamia Nut 40 Specimen Requirement 0.5 ml (0.5 ml minimum) serum. Send Stability: RMT - 28 days REFT - 28 days Frozen - 28 days NBLD0051 Beta 2 Microglobulin, Urine 64 Specimen Requirement 3.0 ml (1.0 ml minimum) urine. Collection Instruction: Patient should empty bladder. Have the patient drink at least 0.5 liters of water; then within 1 hour, collect a random urine specimen. ph needs to be between 6 and 8. If the ph is greater than 8, lower ph to 6-8 by adding 1 M HCL. If the ph is less than 6, increase the ph to 6-8 by adding 5% NaOH. Record ph on the transport tube. Send frozen. Stability: RMT Unacceptable REFT - 48 hours Frozen - 60 days BLOD1047 Bile Acids Total Serum 65 Specimen Requirement 1.0 ml serum (0.5 ml minimum) drawn from a fasting patient (fasting at least 8 hours). Allow specimen to clot completely at ambient temperature before centrifugation. Send Stability: RMT Unacceptable REFT - 14 days Frozen - 90 days 1 of 10

2 LBOR0028 CGH Comparative Genomic Hybridization 74 Test Name CMA Chromosomal Microarray NBLD0511 Comprehensive Enteric Pathogen Panel, NAD No page NOTE & Specimen Requirement Add sufficient stool to the Cary Blair transport media to bring it up to the fill line. Transfer stool sample to Cary- Blair media within 2 hours of collection. Send at room ***NOTE: The assay tests for the following enteric pathogens: Campylobacter, C Diff toxin A/B, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Salmonella, Vibrio, Vibrio cholerae, Yersinia enterocolitica, Enteroaggregative E.coli (EAEC), Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC), Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) LT/ST, Shiga-like Toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) STX1/STX2, E.coli 0157, Shigella/Enteroinvasice E.coli (EIEC), Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Adenovirus F 40/41, Astrovirus, Norovirus GI/GII, Rotavirus A, Sapvirus (I,II,IV,& V). temperature or Stability: RMT - 4 days Frozen Unacceptable REFT - 4 days NBLD0061 Cortisol Free, 24 Hr Urine 83 Specimen Requirement 5 ml aliquot from a well-mixed and measured 24 hour urine collection (3 ml minimum). Preferred: Add 10 grams boric acid as a preservative at the start of the collection. Alternate: Refrigerate during and after collection. 24 hour total volume is required. Send Stability: RMT - 7 days REFT - 14 days Frozen - 28 days 2 of 10

3 BLOD0169 DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) Unconjugated 94 Specimen Requirement 1.0 ml serum (0.5 ml minimum). A serum gel tube is not acceptable. Send frozen. Stability: RMT Unacceptable REFT - 7 days Frozen - 14 days BLOD0640 Immune Deficiency Panel Specimen Requirement 5.0 ml (2.0 ml minimum) EDTA whole blood, only. Specimen must be tested within 72 hours of collection. Send to be received at Sanford Medical Center-Sioux Falls Monday through Friday a.m. Send at room temperature, only. Stability: RMT - 3 days REFT & Frozen Unacceptable BLOD0641 Immune Deficiency Panel Test Code Inactivated BLOD0654 Immune Deficiency Panel 3 (T Helper Supressor) NBLD0234 Streptococcus Group A Rapid Screen Reflex to Confirmation *If negative, a reflex to NBLD0417 Streptococcus Group A by NAD will be performed 129 Specimen Requirement 5.0 ml (2.0 ml minimum) EDTA whole blood, only. Specimen must be tested within 72 hours of collection. Send to be received at Sanford Medical Center-Sioux Falls Monday through Friday a.m. Send at room temperature, only. Stability: RMT - 3 days REFT & Frozen Unacceptable 167,179 Specimen Requirement, CPT & Note Send 1 double headed BD BBL culture swab (Liquid Stuart Double Plastic Applicators) available from Supplies or 2 culturettes. Crush ampule. Wooden shaft, calcium alginate swabs and semi-solid single gel culturettes are unacceptable. Send room temperature. Source Throat Stability: RMT 3 days REFT 3 days Frozen Unacceptable 87880/ of 10

4 BLOD0882 BLOD0137 Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM Antibodies Toxoplasma gondii IgM Antibodies 184 Specimen Requirement 1.5 ml serum (1.2 ml minimum). Send Stability: RMT - Unacceptable REFT - 14 days Frozen -14 days 184 Specimen Requirement 1.0 ml serum (0.8 ml minimum). Send Stability: RMT - Unacceptable REFT - 30 days 4 of 10

5 s Available at Sanford Laboratories BLOD1476 Allergen Grass Barley BLOD1480 Allergen Grass Wild Rye BLOD1474 Allergen Insect Mosquito 5 of 10

6 BLOD1472 Allergen Mold Aureobasidium Pullulans BLOD1470 Allergen Mold Botrytis Cinerea BLOD1477 Allergen Mold Curularia Lunata 6 of 10

7 BLOD1306 Allergen Mold Fusarium Moniliforme BLOD1471 Allergen Tree Cypress BLOD1478 Allergen Weed Scale/Lenscale 7 of 10

8 BLOD1500 BLOD1498 BLOD1501 Allergy Indoor Panel -Aureobasidium pullulans -Dermatophagoides farina -Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus -Mucor racemosus -Pencillium chrysogenum Allergy Insect and Dander Allergy Panel - Cockroach -Mosquito -Cat Dander -Cow Dander -Dog Dander -Horse Dander -Rabbit Epithelia Allergy Mold Panel -Alternaria alternate -Botrytis cinera -Candida albicans -Cladosporium herbarum -Curvularia lunata -Epicoccum purpur -Fusarium moniliforme -Setomelanomma rostrata 2.0 ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (5) Client Fee: $ ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (7) Client Fee: $ ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (8) Client Fee: $ of 10

9 BLOD1497 BLOD1496 BLOD1495 Allergy SW MT Seasonal Panel B - Bermuda Grass -English Plantain -Firebush (Koshia) -Lamb s Quarters -Mountain Cedar -Oak -Timothy Grass Allergy SW MT Seasonal Panel C -Barley Grass -Pigweed Rough -Russian Thistle -Scale/Lenscale -Sheep Sorrel Red -Western Ragweed -Wilde Rye Grass Allergy SW MT Tree Panel -Ash (White) -Boxelder/Maple -Cottonwood -Cypress -Willow 2.0 ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (7) Client Fee: $ ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (7) Client Fee: $ ml (1.0 ml minimum) serum. Send (5) Client Fee: $ of 10

10 NBLD0417 NBLD0536 Streptococcus Group A Nucleic Acid Detection Meninigitis Encephalitis Panel, NAD Method: PCR/Focus Integrated Cycler Send 1 double headed BD BBL culture swab (Liquid Stuart Double Plastic Applicators) available from Supplies or a culturette. Crush ampule. Wooden shaft, calcium alginate swabs and semi-solid single gel culturettes are unacceptable. Send room temperature. Source Throat. Stability: RMT - 3 days REFT - 3 days Frozen - Unacceptable Client Fee: $ Method: Multiplex NAD 1.0 ml (0.2 ml minimum) unspun CSF. CSF specimen should be collected via lumbar puncture and should not be centrifuged. Send Stability: RMT - 1 day REFT - 7 days Frozen - Unacceptable Client Fee: $ 1, of 10

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