Delays in Laboratory Testing

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, instrumentation in the core clinical laboratory will be undergoing required maintenance from approximately 0900 - 1600.  This will delay the resulting of the following assays in that time window:

Amikacin drug level [Epic LAB555]
Carbamazepine drug level [Epic LAB22]
Drug of abuse – urine screens [Epic LAB500 and LAB1032]
Haptoglobin [Epic LAB89]
Plasma hemoglobin [Epic LAB663]
Hemoglobin A1C [Epic LAB90]
Methotrexate drug level [Epic LAB481]
Phenobarbital drug level [Epic LAB30]
Phenytoin drug level [Epic LAB31]
Tobramycin drug level [Epic LAB36]
Valproic acid drug level [Epic LAB25]

Questions should be directed to Matthew Krasowski, MD, PhD, medical director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory (384-9380, matthew-krasowski@uiowa.edu).