Technical Bulletins

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2024 Technical Bulletins

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• October 24, 2024

  Outsourcing Blood Cultures for Fungi and Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB)

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• August 15, 2024

  Acceptable Fecal Occult Blood Collection Devices

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• August 5, 2024

  Procalcitonin Biomarker for Serious Infections – Update #1

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• July 22, 2024

  Reflex test algorithms for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

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• July 2, 2024

  Aerococcus Susceptibility to Antimicrobics

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• June 27, 2024

  Rapid PCR Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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• June 4, 2024

  Pyrazinamide (PZA) Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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• May 2, 2024

  Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in Young Patients

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• May 2, 2024

  Legionella Testing by Urine Antigen & Legionella Culture

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• April 25, 2024

  Sending Out Mitochondrial M2 Antibody Testing

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• April 10, 2024

  Medical Device Recall: BIOFIRE FILMARRAY GI Panel

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2023 Technical Bulletins

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• December 21, 2023

  Medical Device Recall: BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Pneumonia Panel

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• November 9, 2023

  No Longer Covered: Respiratory Panel & Stool GI Pathogen Panel

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• September 28, 2023

  HCV Panels simplify compliance with Public Health recommendations

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• August 10, 2023

  Discontinuation of DNA/RNA Shield Collection Media and DLS Central Testing for COVID-19 on ThermoFisher High-Throughput Platform

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• July 19, 2023

  Update to HSV Serology Testing and STI Panels

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• June 30, 2023

  Updated Interpretive Comments for QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

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• June 1, 2023

  Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections - Update

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• June 1, 2023

  Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections - Expansion

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• May 2, 2023

  New Testing for Carbapenemase Genes Improves Inpatient Management

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• March 9, 2023

  SARS-CoV-2 EUA Fact Sheets for Providers

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2022 Technical Bulletins

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• October 27, 2022

  Testing Support for 2022-2023 Respiratory Disease Season

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• July 8, 2022

  HIV Antigen/Antibody Screen Test Provides Analyte-Specific Results

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• June 2, 2022

  QuantiFeron IGRA Demonstrates Uncertainty Around the Cutoff

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• May 18, 2022

  Outsourcing Ova and Parasite Test for Intestinal Parasites

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• April 11, 2022

  Medicare Coverage Restriction for Combination Orders of Tumor Antigen CA 15-3 (TC 207) and CA 27.29 (TC 4659)

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• March 17, 2022

  Taxonomy Changes in the MALDI-TOF/MS Database

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• February 3, 2022

  Interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PCR Presumptive Positive

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2021 Technical Bulletins

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• November 30, 2021

  Remove race from eGFR Calculation

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• November 12, 2021

  RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas Analyzer

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• May 25, 2021

  Suppression of Clostridioides difficile Result in Multiplex GI Panel

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• May 6, 2021

  Temporary Discontinuation of VerifyNow

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• April 14, 2021

  Update: Kappa and Lambda Light Chains, Free testing performed in house

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• April 12, 2021

  Fecal Lactoferrin Replacing WBC-Stool (Fecal Leukocytes) to Indicate Inflammation in the Bowel

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• April 8, 2021

  Discontinuation of Hemoccult Fecal Occult Blood Test

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• April 2, 2021

  Updated Albumin / Globulin Ratio Reference Range

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• March 23, 2021

  Tissue Oncology Testing is available in CARE*Link

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• March 19, 2021

  Oncology Testing Supports QMC Precision Medicine Program

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• March 12, 2021

  Discontinuation of In-house Hepatitis B envelope Ag and Ab Testing

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2020 Technical Bulletins

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• November 10, 2020

  Updated Kappa and Lambda Light Chains, Free

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• November 13, 2020

  The VDRL Test Performed on CSF will Automatically Reflex to Provide a Titer

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• October 12, 2020

  Discontinuation of Streptozyme Testing

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• September 30, 2020

  Antimicrobic Susceptibility Interpretations

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• September 14, 2020

  Change in Ordering Practice for Outpatient Transfusions

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• September 9, 2020

  Tests Unavailable for Add-on Requests

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• August 25, 2020

  Preliminary bacterial identifications are now reported from positive blood culture by MALDI-TOF/MS

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• July 21, 2020

  Troponin T Generation 5 STAT Assay

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• June 15, 2020

  Rapid Multiplex Pneumonia Panel Now Available at Central

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2019 Technical Bulletins

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• December 10, 2019

  Local testing for procalcitonin is available in Guam beginning December 17, 2019

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• September 26, 2019

  Update on Testing for Helicobacter Pylori Infections

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• September 11, 2019

  Rapid PCR replaces Antigen Testing for Influenza in Guam

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• September 10, 2019

  Availability of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in Guam and Saipan

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• August 29, 2019

  Update for Urinalysis Result Reporting

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• August 23, 2019

  Quantitative CMV testing by qPCR available at DLS Central Laboratory

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• August 23, 2019

  Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile screening now available at Queen’s Punchbowl and Queen’s West Oahu laboratories

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• August 9, 2019

  New Bood Culture Instruments and Bottles

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• August 9, 2019

  Updated Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility Interpretation

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• August 9, 2019

  Cefazolin Susceptibilities for Uncomplicated UTI Now Available

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• June 13, 2019

  Genotyping for HIV Drug Resistance now includes Integrase Inhibitors

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• May 15, 2019

  Routine and Special Circumstance use of Throat Culture

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• April 11, 2019

  Next Generation Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assay

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• March 29, 2019

  Pneumococcus Testing by Rapid Antigen Compliments Laboratory Approach to Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) and Meningitis

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• January 28, 2019

  Update to Protime INR reporting range

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• January 22, 2019

  Reflex test algorithms for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

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