Table of Contents
UCSF & UCSF/MOUNT ZION CLINICAL LABORATORIES MANUAL
Content last updated 7/17/2012 by Tim Hamill, MD
Laboratory Operations
- Introduction
- Clinical Laboratories Staff
- Laboratory Medicine Residents
- Pathology Phone Numbers
- Emergency (Stat) Testing
- Reflex Testing
- Interpretive Reports
Specimen Collection x31667
- Introduction
- Laboratory Services For Ambulatory Patients, Including Phlebotomy
- In-Patient Services
- Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
- Blood Drawing - Technical Issues
- Urine Collection For Chemical Analyses
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Collection
- Supplies For Specimen Collection
- Specimen Identification And Labeling
- Processing Of Mislabeled And Unlabeled Specimens
- Reporting Results on tests ordered in error
- Test Cancellation
- Charging Tests To Another Patient's Account
- Needle-Bearing And Other Hazardous Specimen Containers And Requisitions
- Specimen Transport And Messenger Service
- Add-On Requests And Retention Of Specimens
Pathology Specimen Handling
Laboratory Inquiries & Reports x31667
- Laboratory Inquiries & Reports x31667
- Electronic Inquiries
- Telephone Inquiries
- STAT Results and Subcritical & Critical (Panic) Values
- Printed Reports
- Fax Requests
- Computer Crashes
- Direct release of test results to patients
- Other Delays in Reporting
- Including Results from Other Laboratories in Sunquest LIS and/or the Electronic Medical Record
- Complaints About Service x26128
Transfusion Service (x31313) and Blood Donor Center (x31809)
- Blood Bank (Transfusion Service) Hours
- Specimen requirements for ABO/Rh typing, ‘Type and Screen’, ‘Type and Cross’ and ABO/Rh Confirmation Tests
- Requests for Blood Products
- Emergency Release of blood products
- Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) – (Phase I -Moffitt-Long Hospitals only)
- Other requests for blood products (routine orders, STAT orders and blood orders for elective surgeries)
- CMV-Seronegative Blood Products
- Irradiation of Blood Components
- Policy for the Use of Leukocyte-Poor Blood Products
- Policy for the Use of Hemoglobin S Negative Blood
- Platelets
- Cross-Matched or HLA-Matched Platelets
- Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)
- Cryoprecipitate
- Red Blood Cells
- Granulocytes
- Blood Components Available
- Issuing Blood
- Administering Blood
- Transfusion Reactions
- Autologous and Directed Donations
- Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components
Bone Marrow Aspiration/Biopsy (x31747)
- Suggestions for Improving Bone Marrow Aspirations
- Emergency Processing of Bone Marrow Samples for Histologic Examination
- Bone Marrow Culture
Microbiology (x31268)
- Introduction
- Specimen Collection (by Anatomic Site)
- Reporting and Normal Flora
- Susceptibility Testing
- Appropriate Specimens for Identifying Most Common Viral Etiologies