From ElkinsM at upstate.edu Mon Aug 8 12:47:32 2022 From: ElkinsM at upstate.edu (Matthew Elkins) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 16:47:32 +0000 Subject: [LabUpdates] Laboratory Formulary Committee Updates - Monkeypox testing order and BK virus testing change Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg at 01D8AB25.0611D040] Medicine and laboratory testing are constantly changing. In an attempt to keep us all on the same page, the Laboratory Formulary Committee will be regularly sending out emails with recent updates and guidances. Below are the short versions of relevant changes and attached are more in-depth guidances. Non-variola Orthopoxvirus (Monkeypox, MPV) order: To facilitate the ordering process and viewing of results, a new order for non-variola Orthopoxvirus DNA, Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus) PCR (Send Out), LAB9791 will be available effective 08/08/2022. Specimen collection kits and instructions are available at both campuses (Downtown: Microbiology, 464-4459; Community: Laboratory, 492-5531). See attached guidance for more information. BK virus RNA quantitation orders: Beginning 08/11/2022, the UH Microbiology Laboratory will perform BK virus (BKV) RNA quantitation for plasma and urine specimens in-house. Epic order names will change from BK, virus, plasma and BK, virus, urine to BK Virus Quant PCR, Plasma and BK Virus Quant PCR, Urine but the order codes (LAB1374 and LAB1375) remain the same. See attached guidance for more information. For prior guidances, please visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges__;!!GobTDDpD7A!J0hcquw3sx3aA-qPyVDGRwp1UMRlFTH8Rc3J3r4Xz-o6ahim7kN6BYIqDUxmdi2zkxNGUwFPz-yrRMUppMtJNH2iPskA$ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In an attempt to keep us all on the same page, the Laboratory Formulary Committee will be regularly sending out emails with recent updates and guidances. Below are the short versions of relevant changes and attached are more in-depth guidances. IgG Synthesis/Index CSF & Serum and Oligoclonal Banding CSF & Serum Order Panels: To facilitate correct ordering, collection, and reporting, two new order panels went live in Epic August 25th, 2022. The order panel for IgG Synthesis/Index includes orders for both the CSF (LAB2737) and Serum (LAB9277) IgG synthesis to allow for appropriate interpretation of the results. The order panel for Oligoclonal Banding includes orders for both the CSF (LAB9205) and serum (LAB9278) oligoclonal banding to allow for appropriate interpretation of the results. Ordering of testing for CSF for either analyte should only be ordered using these order panels. 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