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Abbreviation: PRLEY

Specimen Type: Whole Blood

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Purple top tub (EDTA)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPRLEY

LOINC: 21667-1

Volume: 5 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed Monday - Friday / Reported 3-5 days

Abbreviation: PROTR

Specimen Type: Serum-No SST Drug Le

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Plain Red Top Tube (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPROTR

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Refrigerate up to 5 days and then freeze.

Abbreviation: PSTFR

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Frozen - Serum (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPSTFR

LOINC: 10886-0, 12841-3, 2857-1

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: PSDI

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: SST (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPSDI

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: Specimen must be drawn prior to surgery or more than two days following surgery. Do not draw in recovery room.

Abbreviation: PTHS

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: SST - MON/THURS (1), SST/CHEMISTRY SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: COBAS 6000

Host Code: YPTHS

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: General

PSPC Testing Schedule: Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Abbreviation: PTTS

Specimen Type: Plasma

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Sodium citrate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPTTS

LOINC: 14979-9

Volume: Two 0.5 mL aliquots, frozen, platelet poor citrated plasma minimum.

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily, routine and stat / Reported same day; STAT within 1 hr, routine within 2 hrs

Abbreviation: PPPU

Specimen Type: Urine-No preservativ

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Urine Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPPPU

Volume: 3 mL

Minimum Volume: 1 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: PYRUQ

Specimen Type: Random urine, protect from light.

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Amber brown urine container (Protect from light)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YPYRUQ

LOINC: 14176-2

Volume: 8 mL random urine

Minimum Volume: 2 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Set up twice per week

Additional Information: Quest test: 437 Collect urine in a clean container. Using an amber, plastic tube containing 500 mg of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), fill with urine, no less than 1/2 full and no more than 3/4 full. Mix and freeze. Ship frozen with a cold pack by overnight delivery. Do not thaw.

Abbreviation: QFPI

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YQFPI

Abbreviation: QFPII

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YQFPII

Abbreviation: QFEVAB

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YQFEVAB

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: RAJI

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Frozen

Tubes / Containers: Frozen - Serum (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRAJI

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: FORB

Specimen Type: EDTA Whole Blood

Storage Temperature: Frozen - protect from light

Tubes / Containers: Purple Top Tube (1)

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YFORB

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Abbreviation: RBCME

Specimen Type: Whole blood

Storage Temperature: Refrigerated

Tubes / Containers: Purple top tube

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRBCME

LOINC: 34964-7, 40431-9, 50595-8, 59465-5, 18771-6, 23915-2, 23917-8, 23919-4, 30543-3, 59466-3

Volume: 4 mL

Minimum Volume: 2 mL

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

Additional Information: MAYO Test ID: RBCME Include recent transfusion information and most recent CBC results. A whole blood EDTA specimen, an EDTA control specimen, and 2 well-made peripheral blood smears (Wright stained or fixed in absolute methanol) are required for testing.

Abbreviation: URED

Specimen Type: Urine

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: Urine Cup (1)

Instrument / Location: PSPC

Host Code: YURED

LOINC: 5809-9

Tab Assignment: General

Abbreviation: ANASRX

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YANASRX

Abbreviation: RENFP

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Tubes / Containers: SST/CHEMISTRY SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: COBAS 6000

Host Code: YRENFP

LOINC: 24362-6

Volume: 1 mL

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Tab Assignment: General

PSPC Testing Schedule: Daily

Additional Information: Test Includes: Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, HCO3, BUN, Creatinine, Glucose, Phosphorus, Calcium, Albumin

Abbreviation: RESPP

Specimen Type: Specimen

Storage Temperature: Room temperature: stable for 4 hours. Refigerated: stable for 3 days. Frozen: stable for 30 days

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRESPPA

LOINC: 39528-5, 23826-1, 34645-2, 41003-5, 62423-9, 41005-0, 41009-2, 38917-1, 40991-2, 55465-9, 22827-0, 49521-8, 49524-2, 40982-1, 29257-3, 29908-1, 29909-9, 29910-7, 41010-0, 40988-8, 31208-2

Volume: Nasopharyngeal swab. Place in 1-2 mL universal viral transport media

Tab Assignment: RPS Sendouts

PSPC Testing Schedule: Performed daily, all shifts / Reported on same shift received. During peak season, 24 hrs.

Additional Information: ***Now includes: SARS-CoV-2 and Bordetella parapertussis*** The respiratory viruses detected include adenovirus, coronavirus (229E, OC43, NL63 and HKU1), SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A virus (with subtyping for H1, 2009 H1 and H3), Influenza B virus, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus (1, 2, 3, and 4), human rhinovirus/enterovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The bacterial pathogens detected are Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Abbreviation: RRNGP

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: SST SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: IBT Laboratory

Host Code: YRRNGP

Volume: 3 mL

Tab Assignment: General

Abbreviation: SCPE

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: SST SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: IBT Laboratory

Host Code: YSCPE

Volume: 3 mL

Tab Assignment: General

Abbreviation: RRCMP

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: SST SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: IBT Laboratory

Host Code: YRRCMP

Volume: 3 mL

Tab Assignment: General

Abbreviation: RRXIRM

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Room Temp

Tubes / Containers: SST SERUM (1)

Instrument / Location: IBT Laboratory

Host Code: YRRXIRM

Volume: 3 mL

Tab Assignment: General

Abbreviation: SRSV

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YSRSV

Abbreviation: RBP

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: Refrigerate

Instrument / Location: RPS

Host Code: YRBP

Abbreviation: RHEV

Specimen Type: Serum

Storage Temperature: None

Instrument / Location: 100 GPRMC