Effective today, 11/13/2018, the Immuknow assay performed by Viracor Eurofins Laboratory will be available as an orderable assay in EPIC. Please order this assay as Immuknow or Cylex, and not as a Miscellaneous test. The specimen collection procedures remain the same, namely collection of 6 ml of blood into a Sodium Heparin (green top) tube, kept at room temperature.

Starting January 18, 2018, Hemoglobinopathy Evaluation by Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) will be offered by Hematopathology Laboratory at the Department of Pathology. The Hemoglobinopathy Evaluation test is to replace Hemoglobin Electrophoresis test, and will be available to be ordered through EPIC Order Entry. If you have questions concerning this test, please contact Dr. Y Qian at 409-772-2846.

UTMB Laboratory Services is pleased to announce the availability of in-house PCR testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and enteroviruses, effective Wednesday February 1, 2017. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The test is approved by the FDA for use on sputum. Other specimen types will be sent to outside reference laboratories, pending their validation by the UTMB laboratory.