Revised Hepatitis and Rubella specimen
acceptance/rejection criteriara
Effective 12/01/07
Specimens
for lead and total hemoglobin testing must be received within 10 days of collection
Effective 10/01/07
Notice of revised testing fee schedule, effective 09/01/07:
Specimen acceptance/rejection guidelines for submission of Arbovirus serology specimens
Effective 05/08/07
New requirements for packaging and shipping rabies specimens
Effective 03/12/07
The cost of a newborn screening specimen kit is set to
increase
Effective 11/01/06
South Texas Laboratory
(STL) will be changing the
F40-11036 specimen submission form
Effective 09/01/06
Specimen
submission forms to include the new National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Effective 04/05/06
Proposed
amendments to existing rules concerning Newborn Screening (NBS)
Effective 03/15/06
New specimen acceptance criteria for Mycobacteria cultures
Effective 01/02/06
New specimen acceptance criteria for Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) testing
Effective 07/15/05
New specimen acceptance criteria for RPR
testing
Effective 07/22/05
Acceptance/Rejection Criteria for Prenatal Triple Screen specimens
Effective 07/1/05
Shipping Changes for Cholesterol, Lipid profile, and Glucose Specimens
Effective 07/15/05
Stakeholder feedback requested on impact of increasing
maximum cap on Lab fees
Effective 06/03/05
Acceptance/Rejection Criteria for CSF specimen
testing
Effective 06/20/05
Shipping Changes for Cholesterol, Lipid profile, and Glucose Specimens
Effective
06/15/05
New specimen submission forms: G-1B, G-1C, G-2A, &
G-2B
Effective 06/01/05
Acceptance/Rejection Criteria for Clinical Chemistry
Testing
Effective 03/15/05
"Date of Collection" Required on all Specimen Submission Forms
Effective 02/14/05
"Payor Source" Billing Changes
Effective 02/01/05
Acceptance/rejection guidelines for the culture of mycobacteria from blood specimens
Effective 10/15/04
Specimen acceptance/rejection guidelines for selected tests
Effective
10/07/04 |
