The University of Chicago Medicine Laboratories

• Laboratory Critical Value List
• Laboratory Locations, Hours and Contacts
• Anticoagulation Monitoring
• Thromboelastography TEG at UCM
• Phlebotomy and Collection Center
• Licensure and Accreditation Information

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• Mayo Test Catalog
• Genetic Services Laboratory Test Menu
• Department of Pathology
• UChicago MedLabs
• Blood Donation

Specimen Collection and Handling

• Specimen Collection Do's and Don'ts Tip Sheet
• Order of Blood Draw Procedure
• Order of Draw Tube Guide 
• Glucose Tolerance Testing Collection
• Microbiology Specimen Collection
• Urine and Stool Specimen Collection
• Urine Collection Patient Instructions
• AlloMap Processing Instructions
• AlloMap JobAid

Announcements

• Blood Bank Computer System (Sunquest) is Now Fully Operational (eff. 7/29/2026)
• Blood Bank Computer system (Sunquest) Scheduled Downtime (~ 2 hours/11am-1pm)(eff 7.29.26)
• Laboratory Middleware Go-Live – Hyde Park Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology (eff. 7.14.26)
• Blood Bank Computer System (Sunquest) is Now Fully Operational (eff. 6.24.26)
• Updated Repeat Expansion Methodology for Specific Genetic Panels (eff. 6.22.26)
• Blood Bank Computer system (Sunquest) Scheduled Downtime (~ 2 hours - eff. 6.24.26 -11AM – 1PM)
• Test Delay - Mayo Clinical Labs/LIPA1 and APOLB (eff. 06.04.26)
• Obsolete Tests – Mayo Clinical Laboratories (eff. 06.01.26)
• Blood Bank Computer System (Sunquest) is Now Up and Operational (in Recovery) (eff. 5/28/2026)
• Blood Bank Computer system (Sunquest) Scheduled Downtime (2 hours – 11 AM to 1PM) (eff. 05.28.26)
• New Test Order - Lab Miscellaneous Sendout Request (eff 05.27.26)
• Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Testing Offered at UCM Clinical Chemistry Lab - Hyde Park (eff. 4.28.26)
• Standardization of Bilirubin Panel and Hepatic Function Panel Order Naming (eff. 4.27.26)
• EPOC Analyzer Potassium (K), Hematocrit (Hct) and calculated Hemoglobin (cHgb) Analytes Being Turned Off Until Further Notice
• New Differential Reference range for patients <16 years old (eff. 4.07.26)
• Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Score Test Update (eff 4.06.26)
• Rh Immune Globulin (RhIG / RhoPhylac) Distribution Changes
• Technical Issues Affecting Microorganism Identification Resolved (eff.3.13.26)
• Blood Bank Computer System (Sunquest) Issues (Downtime) Resolved (eff.3.17.2026)
• Blood Bank Computer System (Sunquest) Issues (Downtime)
• Removing STAT order option for sendout-tests
• Microorganisms Identification Delays in Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) Algorithm Changes
• Change of aPTT Heparin Theraputic Range
• Preeclampsia Risk Assessment (sFlt-1/PlGF Ratio) Method Change at UCM Clinical Chemistry Lab - Hyde Park
• Effective Immediately: Standardization of ED and Pediatric Clinical Chemistry Panel Orders
• Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Reference Range Change

Transfusion

• Transfusion Service
• Pre-Transfusion Laboratory Testing
• Emergency Transfusions
• Massive Transfusion Protocol / Emergency Transfusion Guide
• MTP Runner Tip Sheet
• Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule
• Circular of Information for Blood and Components
• Therapeutic Apheresis - Scope of Services
• Satellite Location Transfusions (Nursing SOP)

Forms

• RhIG Dose Calculator
• Reference Guide for Stimulation Tests 

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