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Test Utilization in Dermatopathology: Recent Study Offers Appropriate-Use Criteria for 12 Diagnostic Tests, Focusing on Quality of Patient Care, Safety, and Cost - Insights

The exponential increase in the number of diagnostic tests available to physicians (in dermatopathology as well as other medical specialties) can be overwhelming, according to a new multi-institutional study co-published in the Journal of...

Delta Health: Confronting a global pandemic in rural Colorado - Insights

Delta Health leveraged their relationship with Mayo Clinic Laboratories to support patient in rural Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta Health and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have collaborated for over 17 years to perform complex and...

clia_mc_molecular_diagnostic-arizona.pdf

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS LABORATORY NAME AND ADDRESS CLIA ID NUMBER EFFECTIVE DATE LABORATORY DIRECTOR EXPIRATION DATE Pursuant to Section 353 of the Public Health...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: February 15 - Insights

This week's Research Roundup features: Activity of a hypochlorous acid-producing electrochemical bandage as assessed with a porcine explant biofilm model.

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Biologics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Insights

PACE/State of FL - Laboratory tests available at Mayo Clinic Laboratories to monitor patients using monoclonal antibody therapies for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Kootenai Health: Recapturing their market through precision coordination - Insights

Prevented from providing testing services to its community members due to a non-compete agreement with a national laboratory, Kootenai Health laboratory leaders deepened their relationship with Mayo Clinic Laboratories, receiving tactical...

Pediatrics - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ commitment to pediatric care is supported by over 150 years of experience informing diagnoses and treatment plans.

Lab discoveries fuel updates for autoimmune movement disorders test - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories expanded movement disorders panel better identifies autoimmune conditions. Four recently identified biomarkers — septin-5, septin-7, neurochondrin, and adaptor protein-3B2 — have been added to the panel, and all...

Dementia - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ comprehensive dementia testing menu includes evaluations for Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune dementia, and rapidly progressive dementia.

MCL @Work: Robin Huiras-Carlson - Insights

Robin Huiras-Carlson's connection with Mayo Clinic traces back to her early years, marked by a diagnosis of a rare genetic condition at the age of 10. Today, as a senior marketing specialist with Mayo Clinic Laboratories, she draws...

MCL @Work: Sarah Mason - Insights

In her current role as senior manager for global logistics at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Sarah Mason oversees the coordination of patient sample shipments by working with a network of stakeholders, couriers, carriers, and vendors. Sarah...

International - Insights

Serving more than 60 countries, Mayo Clinic Laboratories is creating a new standard for global diagnostic testing, offering international clients a vast test menu, access to Mayo Clinic experts, superior customer service, and more.

Staying the course through follow-up care and therapeutic drug monitoring: Billy Dowell Jr. - Insights

For Billy Dowell Jr., a competitive golfer, focus, determination, and course correction are essential to excelling at the sport. These skills, along with routine follow-up care and testing, are also important to navigating a life impacted...

Oncology - Insights

Offering more than 150 oncology-specific tests in nine subspecialty areas, Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ cancer tests are developed by an experienced team of board-certified geneticists, genetic counselors, and physicians.

Our Staff, Our Stories: Darin Kittleson - Insights

From friendly neighbor, to a hero. Darin Kittleson was in the middle of his ordinary day snow plowing his driveway when he decided to plow his neighbor’s driveway, as well. That was when he heard the cry for help. Darin rushed inside as 911...

Test Catalog - Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Catalog AlgorithmsDownload Test Catalog & Interpretive HandbookNew TestsNY State Informed Consent TestsPerforming LocationsReferred TestsSpecialty TestingTest Updates...

Collaboration that changes lives: Elyn Simmons - Insights

Working together, Mayo Clinic laboratory medicine specialists and clinicians helped Elyn Simmons get her life back — and welcome two new lives to the world.

MCL-24 Hour Urine Collection Brochure WEB-only version (Replaces MC1235-86 MC1235-86W) - MC5424-23

MCL-24 Hour Urine Collection Brochure WEB-only version (Replaces MC1235-86 MC1235-86W) - 24 Hour Urine Collection Instructions read material start urine collection Collect urine

CPT codes and LOINC update: September 2021 - Insights

The following list includes updates posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of September.

Safety in Phlebotomy - Insights

Get a general introduction to safety precautions, which will help ensure the well-being of you and your patients.

Advanced Phlebotomy Collections - Insights

Find out about advanced blood collection techniques and the specialized procedures that are used when standard blood collection methods may not be feasible or when specific tests require more specialized handling of blood samples.

Specimen Integrity and Processing - Insights

Learn about the variables influencing successful blood draws and their potential impact on laboratory outcomes, Quality Assurance principles, the regulatory agencies ensuring patient and healthcare worker safety, and the organizational...

Introduction to Phlebotomy - Insights

Learn about collection tubes, inversions, and additives, and the recommended order of draw will be reviewed, along with general specimen labeling requirements and a summary of key phlebotomy terminology.

Difficult Collections and Special Populations - Insights

Get an overview of phlebotomy techniques for pediatric and geriatric patients who often present as unique challenges due to their physiological and anatomical differences.

Fundamentals of Phlebotomy - Insights

Find out about the patient experience and patient privacy, and the inpatient and outpatient identification process, as well as the legal considerations that a phlebotomist needs to be aware of and a summary of key phlebotomy terminology.

June 2023 - Gynecologic Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Gynecological Pathology.

November 2023 - Cardiovascular Pathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Cardiovascular Pathology.

New AI-augmented test refines kidney stone analysis - Insights

Since March 2019, Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., director of the Metals Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, along with his colleagues across the enterprise and his laboratory staff, have developed, validated, and implemented an artificial intelligence...

Therapeutics events - Insights

TherapeuticS Creating the new standard of therapeutic management, together Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ evidence-based toxicology and pharmacogenomic testing

Testing for a surprising antigen enables insight into a chronic kidney illness - Insights

Mayo Clinic renal pathologist Dr. Sanjeev Sethi identified NELL-1 as a biomarker for membranous nephropathy (MN) in 2019. Two years later, Dr. Sethi helped implement the first ever IHC test to detect NELL-1 antigen, which appears in about...

January 2023 - Pulmonary - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Pulmonary Pathology.

steroid_pathways.pdf

01/2024© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. Steroid Pathways Mineralocorticoids CYP17A1 = Cytochrome P450 Family 17 Subfamily A Member 1 HSD3B1/HSD3B2 = 3ß Hydroxysteroid...

Select Agents Module - Insights

Select Agents Module Expires: May 8, 2025 Overview This module reviews the characteristics of Select Agent organisms. Participants will read about Select

December 2022 - Pulmonary - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Pulmonary Pathology.

Autoimmune Encephalitis Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis - Insights

PACEIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Eoin Flanagan, M.D., B.Ch., reviews how to diagnose autoimmune encephalitis, what to watch that may suggest a different diagnosis, discuss neural autoantibodies interpretation and putting test results...

gastric_malt_lymphoma_diagnostic_algorithm.pdf

© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. 01/2022 Questionable gastric MALT lymphoma diagnostic biopsy Diagnosis: Negative for lymphoma Diagnostic or suspicious for other subtype of lymphoma Follow...

CPT Codes and LOINC Update: October 2019 - Insights

View a full list of new CPT codes, Test Classification Updates, LOINC Codes, and Z-Codes posted to mayocliniclabs.com during the month of October 2019.

Frontotemporal dementia and ALS - Insights

Learn more about how detection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia paved the way for gene-targeted therapies for patients.

Hereditary testing by specialty - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is a one-stop laboratory for hereditary testing, featuring a robust menu of molecular, cytogenic, biochemical, and functional assays that support diagnosis and care.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Neuro-oncology: An integrated approach to interpreting genetic information from brain tumor samples - Insights

As part of Mayo Clinic’s Neuro-Oncology practice, the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics tests about 50 brain tumors a week, and upwards of 1,500 brain tumors a year from all over the world.