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View the Fall 2021 Communique

View the Summer 2020 Communique

• COVID Testing Guide
• Compliance Updates: MVP & Cigna Denials
• Annual PAP Notice
• COVID Tests: CPT Codes & Diagnostic Codes
• Test Updates:
  • Discontinuation of Flow Cytometry on BAL Samples
  • MRSA PCR and GBS PCR Test Changes
  • Testing Schedule Change for HPV Genotype 16 and 18/45, ThinPrep Assay
  • Thrombosis Panel Update
  • Stability Updates for Chemistry Testing
  • Cardiolipin Ab Change
  • Ordering and use of COVID-19 Serology Testing
  • Lead, Blood—Reporting Change
  • Tick-Borne Illness Update
  • Lyme Ab Assay Upgrade
  • Reporting Change for HIV RNA Quantitation and HCV RNA Quantitation
  • Rheumatoid Factor Platform and Reference Range Change
  • Transgender Reference Interval Policy Update

View the Winter 2020 Communique

• Epic Go Live
• Laboratory Services Holiday Hours
• Alex Kalof, MD New Division Chief for Anatomic Pathology
• Welcome Amelia Sybenga, MD
• Welcome Amer Abu Alfa, MD

View the Fall 2019 Communique

• Beaker Go Live
• Thanksgiving Hours
• Welcome Joanna Conant, MD
• Dr Mark Fung Professorship
• Compliance Updates: Change to Appeal for Prepayment Probes
• ALT Reference Range changeGreen Top Tube Orders
• Urine Sediment Changes to Reporting
• HLA Testing Update
• Pap Testing and HPV Reflex Testing Orders

View the Spring 2019 Communique

• Date and Time Requirement
• New Phlebotomy Area
• Alex Kalof, MD New Division Chief for Anatomic Pathology
• CSF Total Protein Reference Range Change
• Lyme AB Confirmation Platform
• Reportable Range Changes for Sodium, T3, Urine Calcium, Troponin I
• Green Top Tube Orders
• Bilirubin, Conjugated and Unconjugated Discontinued at FA Campus [pg.6]
• New Customer Service Hours
• Compliance Updates
• MVP Denials
• Urinalysis Fact Sheet
• Blood Counts Fact Sheet

View the Winter 2019 Communique

• Christmas and New Year Phlebotomy Hours
• Microscopy Imaging Center Holiday Hours
• Laboratory Test Ordering
• Blood Gas Analyzer Platform Change
• HPV Genotyping
• Respiratory Virus Testing
• Lab Compliance Updates

View the Fall 2018 Communique

• Aspenti Health Presents: Innovations for Outcomes Access 2018
• HIV Confirmation Assay
• Tick Primer
• HCG Name Change
• TB by QuantiFERON Test Kit Change
• Legionella Culture Inactivated
• Virology Testing Changes
• HPV Genotyping
• Blood Bank Change for First Time RBC Transfusions
• Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
• Attachment: Distribution of paper lab results via US mail

View the Summer 2018 Communique

• Holiday Phlebotomy Site Hours
• Successful Laboratory Inspections
• TB by Quantiferon Test Kit Change
• Effects of Biotin Supplements on Laboratory Testing
• Lynch Syndrome Screening on Endometrial Cancer Resections
• Urine Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing for Enterococcus Species
• Lupus Anticoagulant Cascade Change in Days Performed
• Hemagram Name Change
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations for Specific Conditions

View the Spring 2018 Communique

• National Laboratory Professionals Week
• Phlebotomy Update MRSA PCR Swabs
• Labeling Tubes for Automation
• Actin IgG and Mitochondrial IgG Antibody Testing Discontinued at University of Vermont Medical Center
• New Test: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Panel, Yeast
• GC Screen Discontinued
• Reagent Change for Intact PTH
• ANCA and ANA Stability Change
• New Chemistry Platforms
• Aspenti Health for DOA Confirmations
• Lyme Disease Serology on CSF
• Hemoglobin Electrophoresis New Recommendations
• Reflex Testing for Unresectable NSCLC or Carcinoma, Suspected Lung Primary
• Miscellaneous Test Process Change
• Laboratory Compliance Information
• Attachment: Hologic ThinPrep Pap Test: Preparation and Specimen Collection

View the Winter 2018 Communique

• Holiday Phlebotomy Hours
• Insurance Prior Authorization for Laboratory Testing
• Legal vs Preferred or Nick Name
• Autopsy Service Changes for POC, Fetal Demise, Neonatal Deaths
• Blood Parasite Exam Update
• Candida albicans Antibody Change
• HSV Type 1 and 2 Antibody IgG Change
• HIV Test name Change