Effective Monday, February 25, 2013, there will be changes to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) testing.  The main change is to introduce an EBV Heterophile (‘Monospot’) test specifically for the Iowa River Landing (IRL) laboratory.  This testing will be given a different Epic orderable to distinguish from the testing performed in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics core clinical chemistry laboratory.

Test name	Epic #	Where performed	Specimen
HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY (MONOSPOT) IRL ONLY	LAB327	IRL Lab	Red top
EBV HETEROPHILE AB (MONOSPOT)	LAB7831	Core lab	Red top

For patients seen at IRL or who will have blood drawn at IRL, the LAB327 order should be used.

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