2022 BulletinsSpecimen Requirements and Information – Beaumont Laboratory clients of Royal Oak, Troy, Grosse Pointe and Farmington Hills please visit this Laboratory Test Directory. Beaumont Laboratory clients of Dearborn, Wayne, Trenton and Taylor please click on link to download Beaumont Dearborn, Wayne, Trenton and Taylor Test Directory. Reporting Options – Please discuss the varied reporting options with your Beaumont representative. They will work with you to choose your best option.Ordering Options – Please contact your Beaumont representative, or contact Customer Service for Royal Oak, Troy, Grosse Pointe, & Farmington Hills at 800-551-0488, and Customer Service for Beaumont Dearborn, Wayne, Trenton and Taylor at 800-245-3725. 2022 Bulletins Syphilis Testing, Reverse Algorithm January 11, 2022 Hyperhomocysteinemia Genotyping for Thrombotic Risk Assessment (MTHFR) - Discontinued January 24, 2022 Thrombotic Risk Assessment Genotyping and Methodology Change January 31, 2022 Microalbumin name change to Albumin, Urine February 8, 2022 Specimen Collection Requirements for Uric Acid Rasburicase February 28, 2022 Rapid Blood Culture Identification March 1, 2022 New Hepatitis C Virus Reflex Testing Algorithm March 1, 2022 Viral Load Testing (CMV HBV HCV and HIV) v2 March 14, 2022 Cutoff Change for Cortrosyn Stimulation Test March 15, 2022 Fibrin Split Products Collection Tube Shortage March 31, 2022 New Cystatin C Assay April 5, 2022 Plasma Separator Tube Supply Shortage Inpatient/Emergency Only April 18, 2022 New Estimated GFR Equation May 8, 2022 2022-06-07 SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) by NAA MICRO – Reinstated Bulletin June 7, 2022 QFTB Gold Specimen Collection June 20, 2022 New Reference Range dRVVT July 1, 2022 Update to Source Exposure Testing July 12, 2022 Ova and Parasite Antigen Screen July 12, 2022 Body Fluid Cell Count Reporting Change – Test Update July 12, 2022 COVID-19, Flu, RSV by NAA & SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) and Influenza AB by Nucleic Acid Amplification POC—Discontinued July 19, 2022 Ova and Parasite Test Discontinuation August 2, 2022 Electrolytes and Osmolality Profile, Fecal August 2, 2022 Body Fluid Assays August 2, 2022 Specimen Collection Requirements for Pleural Fluid pH August 2, 2022 Monkeypox New Test August 3, 2022 Urine Acetaminophen and Salicylates Discontinuation August 25, 2022 Fibrin Split Products Collection Tube Shortage – Resolved August 25, 2022 Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus) DNA by PCR September 6, 2022 New Heparin Therapeutic Ranges for VTE / Acute Thrombosis and A-fib / Valves September 13, 2022 COVID-19, Flu, RSV by NAA & SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19)—Reinstated September 29, 2022 Plasma Separator Tube Supply Available Inpatient/Emergency Only October 11, 2022 DEARBORN ONLY: Total Hemoglobin and Oxyhemoglobin in Whole Blood, Point of Care, Cath Lab October 17, 2022 Serum Free Light Chains – New Method November 1, 2022 Testosterone Testing Update November 1, 2022 New Blood Culture Bottles November 8, 2022 Reflex Urine Drug Screen Confirmations Discontinuation December 6, 2022 Abbott i-STAT Troponin Assay Point of Care, Emergency Centers December 14, 2022 Hematology-Delay in Results 12/15/2022 December 15, 2022 NGS Sarcoma Fusion Panel December 20, 2022