Laboratory Guide - Brown University Health Laboratories
New Abbott Alinity Chemistry and Immunoassay Platform across BUH Laboratories
Effective May 29, 2024, the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory will move over to Abbott Alinity Chemistry and Immunoassay systems for a significant number of the in-house tests. This move to Abbott Diagnostics systems represents an improvement in system standardization, testing quality, resulting turnaround time and operational and cost efficiency. In accordance with clinical laboratory standards surrounding such a cross-over, the following immunoassay reference ranges and values in Lab Call Policy have been updated.
The following memos were circulated to Lifespan medical staff.
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12/11/2023 - Urinalysis with Reflex Culture- Memo - Please refer to Nursing Practice Alert for more details on placing orders, urine culture workflow and collections with new kit. These kits are only being used in ED and Inpatient units.
New BD urine collection kits with UA and Micro culture tube to be used on Inpatient Units and Emergency Departments. If needed, white top/black ring (no additive) should be used for all other urine Chemistry testing.
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Laboratory Guide - Brown University Health Laboratories
New Abbott Alinity Chemistry and Immunoassay Platform across BUH Laboratories
Effective May 29, 2024, the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory will move over to Abbott Alinity Chemistry and Immunoassay systems for a significant number of the in-house tests. This move to Abbott Diagnostics systems represents an improvement in system standardization, testing quality, resulting turnaround time and operational and cost efficiency. In accordance with clinical laboratory standards surrounding such a cross-over, the following immunoassay reference ranges and values in Lab Call Policy have been updated.
The following memos were circulated to Lifespan medical staff.
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12/11/2023 - Urinalysis with Reflex Culture- Memo - Please refer to Nursing Practice Alert for more details on placing orders, urine culture workflow and collections with new kit. These kits are only being used in ED and Inpatient units.
New BD urine collection kits with UA and Micro culture tube to be used on Inpatient Units and Emergency Departments. If needed, white top/black ring (no additive) should be used for all other urine Chemistry testing.
