State Hygienic Lab (SHL) Specimen Routing change effective
Monday, November 16, 2015

SHL Specimens will now be processed by the Department of Pathology Mailouts before being sent to SHL. Clinical areas will begin using the paperless labs collection process for all SHL specimens and should send SHL specimens to Pathology, as they do for all other mailout labs. Billing for SHL tests will become automated with this change. To support this change "SHL" will be removed from the name of the test. Staff members can continue to search on SHL and the correct tests will present.

The only exception is Student Health and Wellness, which will send specimens directly to SHL.

Please note that the paper copy of the order along with a label will continue to print for all maternal screen orders. The paper copy is needed to support the hand entered information documented by the sonographer.

Questions should be directed to Nick Dreyer, Application Coordinator, Laboratory Systems (356-0024, nicholas-dreyer@uiowa.edu) or Matthew Krasowski, MD, PhD, medical director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory (384-9380, matthew-krasowski@uiowa.edu).


Order Name
EAP
Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening (Pre-Delivery, Male Specimen)
LAB8320
Cystic Fibrosis Pregnancy Screen (Pre-Delivery, Female specimen)   
LAB8343
Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening Due to Newborn CF
LAB8366
Picornavirus Antibody (Total) (Echo, Entero, Coxsackie)
LAB8321
Bordetella pertussis PCR
LAB8322
Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora and Cystoisospora Identification
LAB8323
Legionella Panel (Includes Culture and DFA)
LAB8325
Legionella pneumophila PCR
LAB8326
Legionella Smear Only
LAB8327
Mumps PCR
LAB8329
O & P Panel with Trichrome Stain
LAB8332
Measles IgM Antibody
LAB8357
Mumps IgM Antibody
LAB8358
Iowa Newborn Metabolic Screen
LAB8337
Integrated First Sample Screen - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8338
Integrated Second Sample Screen - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8339
Quad Screen - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8340
NTD Screen - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8341
First Trimester Screen Only - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8342
Amniotic Fluid AFP - Iowa Maternal Screening
LAB8344