| 12-17-24 | Potassium - Update to Critical Result Threshold | Health System
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| 12-23-24 | Holiday Shipping Reminder - Christmas 2024 & New Year 2025 | Health System
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| 11-20-24 | Carboxyhemoglobin and Methemoglobin Mixed Venous Specimens - New Critical Result Value | VCU Main Campus
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| 11-13-24 | PSA Screening and PSA Diagnostic - New Test | Health System
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| 11-6-24 | Fungus Culture, Skin, Hair Nails - Test Discontinued | Health System
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| 10-22-24 | Microbiology PCR Testing - Change in Naming Convention | Health System
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| 10-1-24 | Chemistry Testing – Reducing Specimen Storage Time | VCU Main Campus
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| 10-1-24 | Cotinine, Urine Screen with Reflex – New Test | Health System
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| 10-1-24 | Salicylate - Resulting Unit Change | Health System
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| 10-1-24 | Blood Gas (Capillary) – Blood Gas Lab Capillary Collection Tube Change | Health System
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| 9-6-24 | HCV Genotyping – Change in Testing Laboratory | Health System
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| 8-12-24 | Lidocaine Routine Testing – Change in Testing Laboratory Resolved 8-14-24 | Health System
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| 8-12-24 | Urinalysis with Reflex Culture, Urinalysis, and Urine Culture – Change in
Collection Process | Health System
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| 8-8-24 | Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening v3.0 assay (aka NIPT or NIPS) – Test Update | Health System
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| 6-21-24 | Blood Culture - Critical Shortage of Blood Culture Bottles | Health System
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| 6-18-24 | Meningitis Encephalitis PCR Panel, New Test Offering | Health System
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| 6-6-24 | Phosphatidylethanol (PEth), Change in Testing Laboratory | Health System
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| 5-1-24 | Flow Cytometry, Flow Cytometry, CSF - Testing Resumed | Health System
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| 5-2-24 | Respiratory Pathogen Direct Testing - Analyte Reporting Change | Health System
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| 4-29-24 | Blood Gas Arterial; Blood Gas Venous - Container Nomenclature Change | Health System
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| 4-4-24 | Protocol for Platelet Clumping, New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 3-1-24 | Soluble Complement 5b-9 (SC5b-9) Change in Performing Laboratory | Health System
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| 2-6-24 | HCV Testing in Blood and Body Fluids Exposure order set, Additional Blood Collection Tube Required | Health System
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| 2-1-24 | Methotrexate, End of Infusion Critical Value Added | Health System
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| 1-31-24 | P2Y12/Aspirin Testing Referred to Outside Laboratory Resolved on 3-12-24 | Health System
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| 1-30-24 | Anti-Streptolysin-O (ASO) Resuming Testing at Main Lab | Health System
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| 1-16-24 | Urine Free Light Chain, New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 1-16-24 | Lyme Total Antibody, New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 1-16-24 | New In-house Test: Adenovirus DNA, Quant (Blood) | Health System
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| 1-8-24 | COVID-19 Spike Antibody IgG Testing Referred to LabCorp Indefinitely | Health System
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| 1-4-24 | High Sensitivity Troponin T Name Change to High Sensitivity TNT | Health System
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| 12-1-23 | Anatomic Pathology Delay in Reporting Due to Staffing Shortages UPDATE | VCUMC and Ambulatory Clinics
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| 11-28-23 | Mold Blood Culture New Test; Fungal Blood Culture Discontinue Test | Health System
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| 10-18-23 | COVID-19 Positive Results No Longer Critical Lab Value | Health System
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| 10-4-23 | Urine Drug Testing, Updates to Panel | Health System
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| 10-2-23 | H. Pylori IgG, IgM, and IgA Serology Discontinuation | Health System
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| 9-21-23 | BKV Urine DNA Quantitative Test Referred to LabCorp | Health System
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| 8-21-23 | Venous Lead Collection Container Update; Copper, Zinc, and Lead Delay in Testing | Health System
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| 8-18-23 | Anatomic Pathology Delay in Reporting Due to Staffing Shortages | VCUMC and Ambulatory Clinics
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| 7-11-23 | Serum Levetiracetam and Lamotrigine Test Method Change | Health System
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| 6-7-23 | Parasite and Bacterial Pathogen Detection by PCR Discontinuation | Health System
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| 5-16-23 | HCV Reflex Order Request to Med Exec Committee | Health System
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| 5-3-23 | Procalcitonin New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 5-1-23 | Adult Procalcitonin Guidance VCUH | Health System
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| 4-13-23 | Neonatal Fever Guidelines Procalcitonin | Health System
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| 3-23-23 | Serum Levetiracetam, Lamotrigine Method Change | Health System
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| 3-13-23 | Rapid Blood Culture PCR New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 3-6-23 | HIV1 and HIV2 Antibodies Name Change to HIV – 1/2 Antigen-Antibody | Health System
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| 2-22-23 | Anatomic Pathology Referred to LabCorp | VCUMC and Ambulatory Clinics
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| 2-16-23 | Syphilis Serology Testing Suspended Resolved on 2-23-23 | Health System
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| 1-31-23 to 2-1-23 | Severe Winter Weather Conditions Impacting Shipping and Delivery Services | Health System
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| 1-17-23 | P2Y12 and Aspirin Test Kits Updated to Only Include One Greiner Bio-One Tube | Health System
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| 12-22-22 | Syphilis Serology Testing Suspended | Health System
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| 12-15-22 | COVID-19 PCR, Routine Discontinued; Influenza COVID-19 PCR, Routine New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 12-14-22 | Sinus Culture New Test Implementation | Health System
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| 10-31-22 | Urine Opiate Result Reporting Changes | Health System
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| 10-14-22 | Urine Drug Testing Updates | VCUMC and Ambulatory Clinics
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| 9-26-22 | HSV IgM Antibody Testing Discontinuation | Health System
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| 9-5-22 | Coagulation Inhibiter Titer Assay Referred to LabCorp | Health System
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| 7-13-22 | Pleural Fluid pH Specimen Collection Update | Health System
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| 6-15-22 | CD3/4/8 and LEP Testing Referred to ARUP Resolved on 7-30-24 | Health System
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| 6-13-22 | T-Uptake Test Discontinuation | Health System
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| 5-26-22 | EDTA Collection Tube Supply Chain Issues | Health System |