Dear Valued UKVDL Clientele,
The clinical pathology section has made some changes to test offerings and turnaround times.
Discontinued tests:
We have discontinued the test offering of cytology without fluid analysis due to redundancy and confusion over the purpose of this test.
Moving forward, all fluid samples submitted will be processed as a cytology with a fluid analysis. The laboratory will process these fluids based on their specific fluid type (blood, urine, cavitary fluids, fluids from cystic masses, etc.) and provide the client with appropriate data for that fluid. The fee for this service is $86.00 which captures the labor necessary to process the fluid sample appropriately (cell counts, slide preparations, other biochemical assays, etc.) and the pathologists interpretation of the sample.
If slides are submitted for clinical pathologist review from a fluid processed at your own clinic, the laboratory will process these as a cytology for a fee of $57.00. Please remember to submit the results of your in-clinic fluid analysis for pathologist interpretation.
Turnaround times:
The turnaround time for all endocrine assays has been adjusted to the end of next business day to improve workflow within the section. The laboratory will do our best to still release results quickly and will prioritize endocrine assays such as Progesterone where breeding decisions need to be made rapidly. Samples with short viability (such as ACTH) will continued to be processed and stored/run per the assays recommended guidelines.
The turnaround time for the fecal flotation (qualitative) assay has been adjusted to the end of the next business day for test results. If >15 samples are received from the same client, the laboratory may require additional time to complete this assay. The client will be notified of any delay should it occur.
Please contact the laboratory with any questions or concerns.
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