Clinical Chemistry is open 24 hours a day - 7 days a week; Call Client Services 804-828-PATH (828-7284); 1-800-363-9234
Clinical Chemistry is open 24 hours a day - 7 days a week; Call Client Services 804-828-PATH (828-7284); 1-800-363-9234
The VCUHS Clinical Chemistry Laboratory provides STAT and routine laboratory test analysis. The Chemistry Laboratory offers rapid turn-around-time with a highly automated laboratory that performs most tests continuously around the clock. For more information, please visit our Pathology Laboratory Services Catalog.
Highlights of our comprehensive menu of testing services include:
- Ethylene Glycol – Measurement of serum ethylene glycol concentration determined by gas chromatography.
- Alcohols - Identification and quantification of methanol, acetone, and isopropanol by headspace gas chromatography.
- Cystatin C – Useful for evaluation of kidney function, levels not influenced by body mass or nutritional status.
- Drug of abuse screening - Drugs of abuse screening for amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, PCP, methadone and fentanyl in urine; Barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, and opiates in serum. Confirmation mass spectrometry is available upon request.
- Osmolality – serum and urine osmolality measurement by osmometer.
- Therapeutic drug monitoring is available for a variety of drugs. See the Therapeutic Drugs List (pdf).
- Lipid Testing – Quantification of lipids with accuracy verified by participation in the CDC Lipid Standardization Program.
- Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone (iPTH) Testing – Streamlined processing for STAT quantification of PTH during surgery.
- IgA for pediatric testing – Measurement of IgA concentrations with a lower limit of quantification appropriate for pediatric patients.
- Procalcitonin – for management of antibiotic therapy.
- Sweat Chloride – Quantification of sweat chloride by coulometric titration, a chloride reference method recommended by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
September 2024: Certified Participant List - CDC Lipid Standardization Programs (CDC LSP)
Useful Links
Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Lab Tests Online
Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines
National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
Contact Us
Nikki Williams, MT (ASCP)
Manager
Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology & Hematology
Melinda.Williams@vcuhealth.org
(804) 828-0347
The Clinical Pathology Receiving area is located:
MCV Campus
Clinical Support Center (CSC)
403 N. 13th Street
6th floor - Room 642
Richmond, VA 23235
W. Greg Miller, PhD
Clinical Chemistry & Pathology Information Systems
W. Greg Miller, PhD
Clinical Chemistry & Pathology Information Systems
Pathology
Professor, Department of Pathology;
Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry;
Director of Pathology Information Systems
Virginia Commonwealth University
Phone: (804) 828-0375
Fax: (804) 828-0353
Email: Greg.Miller@vcuhealth.org
Lorin Bachmann, PhD, DABCC
Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry
Lorin Bachmann, PhD, DABCC
Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry
Pathology
Professor of Pathology;
Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry;
Co-Director of Point of Care Testing;
Director of the Blood Gas Laboratory;
Director of the New Kent Emergency Department Laboratory;
Associate Director, Pathology Information Systems;
Technical Director, Clinical Pathology Research Services
Phone: (804) 828-6407
Email: Lorin.Bachmann@vcuhealth.org