Archived Notifications

Fall Respiratory Virus Testing Options 2024

Women's Collection Container Guide December 2023

Women's Health Swab Guide with Panels December 2023

Annual Notice to Physicians 2023

PDL Reflex Testing 2023

LIPASE Reference Range Change, November 2023

MyChart Patient Portal Update November 15, 2023

CBC MPV Reference Range Change November 9, 2023

VZV IGM INHOUSE TRANSITION to LCA November 7, 2023

Ova and Parasite Change Reminder November 3, 2023

Electrophoresis Summary of Changes October 19,2023

Discontinuation Parasite Macro Stool Culture w/ Gram Stain October 16, 2023

Discontinuation H Pylori IGA IGM IGG October 2, 2023

Ova & Parasite Change September 18, 2023

Serum Protein Electrophoresis Test Code Change August 23, 2023

Kit Draw Services Update August 21, 2023

C. difficile EIA Algorithm August 18, 2023

GI Panel Change - Removal of C. difficile

UHC Letter to Clients for ICD-10 Requirements

Fall 2023 Respiratory Test Options

GI Panel Change - Removal of C. difficile

Specialty Laboratory Kit Draw Update July 24,2023

Syphilis Reverse Cascade Technical Test Guide July 14, 2023

Sirolimus Cyclosporine Change July 6, 2023

eSwab Discontinuation for GC_CT and Affirm Reminder July 6, 2023

Client Guide for Syphilis Test Options June 28, 2023

Urine Electrophoresis Temporary Send-Out 6.19.2023

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Reporting Update June 13, 2023

HIV Reporting Update June 13, 2023

PDL Update: Updates to Trichomonas Vaginalis Test Options: Posted 6/9/2023 (Revised Notice)

PDL Update: Method Update 25-OH Vitamin D, Total: Posted 6/8/2023

PDL Update: Intermittent Missing Comment/Reference Range: Posted 6/2/2023

Women's Collection Container Guide June 1, 2023

PDL Update: Discontinuation of eSwab for: Chlamydia trachomatis/ Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and Vaginitis Panel Affirm: Posted 5/30/2023

Tacrolimus Update: In-House Testing Resuming 5.10.2023

Ova and Parasite (O&P) Extended Turnaround Time

T and B Cell End of Temporary Sendout March 2023

Post Vasectomy Reporting Changes February 2023

C. difficile EIA Algorithm February 2023

PDL Update: Increased Patient Service Center Hours & Morro Bay Reopening: Posted 1/23/2023

PDL Update: Reminder PDL COVID-19 Collection Site Closure for Goleta and Santa Ynez: Posted 1/11/2023

PDL Flood Impact Update: Patient Service Center Temporary Closure & Reduced Hours: Posted 1/10/2023

PDL Update: PDL COVID-19 Collection Site Closures: Posted 12/12/2022

PDL Update: PDL Christmas and New Year Schedule: Posted 12/12/2022

PDL Update: Temporary Send Out: Immune Panel, T-Cell Panel, Total T & B Cells: Posted 12/9/2022

PDL Update: Leukemia/Lymphoma (Blood) By Flow Cytometry: Posted 12/8/2022

PDL Update: PDL Thanksgiving Schedule: Posted 11/21/2022

PDL Update: Lifepoint Updates November 2022

PDL Update: Patient Service Center Temporary Closure & Reduced Hours: Posted 11/10/2022

PDL Update: Expanded Panel: Blood Culture Identification Panel (BCID2): Posted 10/18/2022

PDL Update: Temporary Send-Out Ended For Immune Panel, T-Cell Panel, Total T & B Cells: Posted 10/17/2022

PDL Update: Temporary Send-Out: Immune Panel, T-Cell Panel, Total T & B Cells: Posted 10/6/2022

PDL Update: Respiratory Testing 2022-2023: Posted 10/3/2022

PDL Announcement: Labor Day Schedule: Posted 8/30/2022

PDL Update: Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus) Test Update: Posted 8/3/2022

Specimen Collection Guide: Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus), DNA, PRCR Collection Instructions: Posted 8/3/2022

PDL Update: Update For Gram Negative Bacillus Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST): Posted 7/22/2022

PDL Update: LCA Q&A Monkeypox Testing: Posted 7/21/2022

PDL Update: New Order Codes: HIV & HCV Detection/Quantitation (Viral Load) Tests: Posted 7/21/2022

PDL Update: Lavender Test Tube (EDTA) Acceptable For Trace Element and Heavy Metal Testing: Posted 7/18/2022

PDL Update: Improved Syphilis Reverse Screening Cascade: Posted 7/12/2022

PDL Update: Blood Bank Specimen Collection Requirements: Posted 6/30/2022

PDL Update: Royal Blue Tube Shortage Impact to Trace Element and Heavy Metal Testing: Posted 6/30/2022

PDL Announcement: Fourth of July Holiday Schedule: Posted 6/24/2022

PDL Update: Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) IgM Discontinuation: Posted 6/8/2022

PDL Update: Syphilis Traditional Test Cascade Update: Posted 5/31/2022

PDL Update: Temporary Send-Out of: B12, Folate, Ferritin: Posted 5/20/2022

PDL Medicare Annual Notice to Physicians 2022: Posted 5/19/2022

PDL Annual Notice: Reflex Testing Procedure: Posted 5/19/2022

PDL Update: Test Delay: Progesterone Update: Posted 5/17/2022

PDL Announcement: Memorial Day Schedule: Posted 5/17/2022

PDL Update: Post Vasectomy Semen Analysis, Test Analysis and Reporting Change: Posted 5/16/2022

PDL Update: Test Delay: Progesterone: Posted 5/10/2022

PDL Update: Reopening Solvang Viborg PSC: Posted 4/25/2021

PDL Update: Test Delay: Sex Hormone Binding Globulin: Posted 4/22/2022

PDL Update: 2022 Client Satisfaction Survey: Posted 4/21/2022

PDL Update: Troponin T, High Sensitivity (hs-TnT): Posted 4/20/2022

PDL Update: PDL COVID-19 Test Options Update: Posted 4/4/2022

PDL Update: Urine Toxicology Screen- Fentanyl Now Included: Posted 3/22/2022

PDL Update: Supply Backorder: Gold Top Vacutainer Tube: Posted 3/10/2022

PDL Update: Quantiferon-TB Gold Plus Collection Update: Posted 2/8/2022

PDL Update: ParaPak Vial Replaces ETM Vial: Posted 2/2/2022

PDL Pathology Brochure: Posted 12/20/2021

PDL Announcement: Christmas and New Year's Holiday Schedule: Posted 12/20/2021

Fall 2021 Newsletter: Posted 12/9/2021

PDL Update: New Respiratory Panel: Influenza A/B and RSV: Posted 12/2/2021

Announcement: Thanksgiving Day Schedule: Posted 11/9/2021

PDL Update: SARS-CoV-2 Spike Antibody: Posted 10/21/2021

PDL Update: Reporting Changes for CBC, Synovial, Body Fluid, CSF Differentials: Posted 9/20/2021

PDL Update: Urine Culture Reporting Changes: Posted 9/20/2021

PDL Update: MISC Test Request Update: Posted 9/15/2021

PDL Update: Urine Culture Transport Container: Posted 9/15/2021

PDL Update: New Morro Bay PSC Location: Posted 8/30/2021

PDL Update: Temporary Turnaround Time Delay SARS CoV-2 Spike Antibody, Semi-Quantitative Test: Posted 7/15/2021

PDL Announcement: Fourth of July Holiday Schedule: Posted 6/30/2021

PDL Reference Range Update: Prothrombin Time (PT) & International Normalized Ratio (INR): Posted 6/4/2021

PDL Update: Anatomic Pathology Case Report Enhancements: Posted 6/2/2021

Announcement: Memorial Day Schedule: Posted 5/25/2021

PDL Reference Range Update: Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT): Posted 5/18/2021

PDL Urgent Update: Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin (TSI): Posted 5/17/2021

PDL Test Code Update: Insulin-like Growth Factor with Z-Score: Posted 4/28/2021

PDL Update: Reference Range Change Thyroid Pediatric Ranges: Posted 4/15/2021

PDL Update: Immune Panel, T-Cell, B-Cell Specimen Requirement Change: Posted 3/29/2021

PDL Update: New Equation for Calculation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C): Posted 3/15/2021

PDL Update: C Difficile PCR and GI Panel Resumes In-House: Posted 3/2/2021

PDL Announcement: Normal Pap Results in My Chart Patient Portal: Posted 2/22/2021

PDL Update: New Cortisol Order Code: Posted 2/1/2021

PDL Update: New Blood Culture Bottles: Posted 1/27/2021

PDL Announcement: Christmas and New Year's Holiday Schedule: Posted 12/21/2020

PDL Update: Faxed Order Delay Notice & Patient Appointment Reminder: Posted 12/15/2020

PDL Update: C Difficile PCR a Temporary Send-Out: Posted 12/8/2020

PDL Notice: Platelet Function Screen (PFA) No Longer Available: Posted 12/8/2020

PDL Update: Added Tests to PDL In-House Menu- Apolipoprotein A-1, Apolipoprotein B, Apolipoprotein Assessment, Prostate Specific Antigen, Free and Total (PSAFT), Myoglobin: Posted 11/16/2020

PDL Announcement: Reference Range Update Albumin/Globulin Ratio: Posted 11/10/2020

PDL Update: Hardy Viral Transport Media VTM Alert: 11/6/2020

PDL Notice Thanksgiving Day Hours: Posted 11/6/2020

PDL Update: Temporary Turnaround Time Delay HPV and HPV & Pap Testing: Posted 11/5/2020

PDL Update: Temporary Test Changes GI Panel by PCR and Ova and Parasite by PCR: Posted 10/16/2020

PDL Update C difficile PCR Temporary Send Out: Posted 8/3/2020

PDL Update Urea Breath Test Kit Change to IDkit Hp: Posted 8/3/2020

Client Notice PDL Platelet Function Screen Testing Update: Posted 7/13/2020

Client Notice PDL Outreach Critical and Semi-Urgent Value Changes: Posted 7/8/2020

PDL Outreach Critical and Semi-Urgent Value List: Posted 7/8/2020

PDL Fourth of July Scheduled Hours Announcement: Posted 6/29/2020

Memorial Day Scheduled Hours Announcement: Posted 5/13/2020

Client Notice Patient Service Center Safety Flyer: Posted 5/13/2020

Client Respiratory Panel Notice: Posted 4/1/2020

Patient Service Center Hours of Operations Update: Posted 3/26/2020

Sales Team Deployment Update: Posted 3/17/2020

Critical and Semi-Urgent Values: Posted 2/1/2020

ThinPrep Pap Collection Requirements/: Posted 2/1/2020

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