PDSU - Overview: Drug Screen, Prescription/Over the Counter, Random, Urine
Qualitative detection and identification of prescription or over-the-counter drugs frequently found in drug overdose or used with a suicidal intent Providing, when possible, the identification of all drugs in the specimen This test is not...
HDCH - Overview: Cholesterol, High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), Serum
Measurement of serum high-density lipoprotein concentrations for managing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk
CEA - Overview: Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), Serum
Monitoring colorectal cancer and selected other cancers such as medullary thyroid carcinoma May be useful in assessing the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiation treatment This test is not useful for screening the general population...
CA - Overview: Calcium, Total, Serum
Diagnosis and monitoring of a wide range of disorders including diseases of bone, kidney, parathyroid gland, or gastrointestinal tract
COKEM - Overview: Cocaine and Metabolites Confirmation, Meconium
Detecting in utero drug exposure up to 5 months before birth
CLOM - Overview: Clomipramine, Serum
Determining whether a poor therapeutic response is attributable to noncompliance Monitoring serum concentration of clomipramine and norclomipramine to assist in optimizing the administered dose
CALC5 - Overview: Calcium, Random, Urine
Measurement of calcium for the evaluation of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate kidney stone risk, and calculation of urinary supersaturations Evaluation of bone diseases, including osteoporosis and osteomalacia
CD15 - Overview: CD15 Immunostain, Technical Component Only
Phenotyping leukemias and lymphomas
DSS - Overview: Drug Screen, Prescription/Over the Counter, Serum
Detection and identification of prescription or over the counter drugs frequently found in drug overdose or used with a suicidal intent Qualitatively identifying drugs present in the specimen; quantification of identified drugs, when...
EVROL - Overview: Everolimus, Blood
Managing everolimus immunosuppression in solid organ transplant
Category A - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
How do I determine if my specimen is a Category A infectious substance affecting humans? See Category A Infectious Substances. By law, an......
Guidance on subtyping of influenza A test results - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ guidance for subtyping influenza A in response to a CDC advisory for hospitalized patients...
Category A Infectious Substances - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Category A Infectious Substances The Dangerous Goods section of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) website provides a "Classification of Infectious Substances" document (pdf)...
Testing for Antibodies to SS-A/Ro in Autoimmune Diseases - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Anne Tebo, Ph.D., discusses recent updates in the testing for anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases....
A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that many U.S. health care providers are habitually ordering a mostly unnecessary, and quite expensive, genetic test to identify a patient’s hereditary risk of venous...