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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Free Drug Concentration Testing:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">February 11, 2022, we notified everyone about a shortage of testing supplies at our reference laboratory, LabCorp, resulting in the inability to perform the below tests:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Phenytoin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Free, serum—<b>EPIC code: LAB32<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thankfully,
<b>this shortage has now resolved</b> and <b>these tests are able to be performed as prior to the shortage</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">For prior guidances, please visit
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges__;!!GobTDDpD7A!fMqwKEI3JlieL_eF-Vo4vMVj2PNzfXcL0GsxYMLCbL6cXpbRqzmyQKWIxbV1BBgJ8OlmOsFv$">
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