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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Medicine and laboratory testing are constantly changing. The Laboratory Formulary Committee regularly sends out emails with new updates and changes. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Serum Folate and Procalcitonin Testing change</span></u></b><u><span style="color:black">:</span></u><span style="color:black"> Serum
<b>Folate</b> and <b>Procalcitonin</b> are ordered very frequently for inpatients despite have very limited indications.
</span>Starting <b>February 6<sup>th</sup>, 2025</b>, testing for serum <b>Folate</b> for
<u>all inpatients</u> and <b>Procalcitonin</b> for <u>adult inpatients</u> can only be ordered by an attending physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant. Trainees will
<b>not</b> be able to place these orders. Please see the attached education for more details. As a reminder, also attached is the guidance sent out previously of indications for Folate testing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">CJD Specimen Update :</span></u><span style="color:black">
</span></b><span style="color:black">Testing for <b>Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (aka CJD)</b> has a new EPIC test code:
<b>LAB9920.</b> This testing is performed by Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Please note that the collection requirement for these samples has been updated by our reference lab.
<u>Samples must be collected in a blue top Sarstedt vial</u>. Please see “specimen” requirements on the Mayo website below. These vials can be obtained from the Core laboratory prior to specimen collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/overview/620374*Overview__;Iw!!GobTDDpD7A!MuFB8mLm21N7cZ8qC_1kdZ99uP5Gfkh-ErIn-2dx1-LgBcp4rRnkez1wBL4cV9XMfd4cXkaVyz_DIE_f71F3H5s3lmbKvA$">https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/test-catalog/overview/620374#Overview</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">For prior guidances, please visit
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges__;!!GobTDDpD7A!fMqwKEI3JlieL_eF-Vo4vMVj2PNzfXcL0GsxYMLCbL6cXpbRqzmyQKWIxbV1BBgJ8OlmOsFv$"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">https://upstate0.sharepoint.com/sites/LaboratoryFormularyCommitteeLabchanges</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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