Shands Medical Lab Ordering
Shands Healthcare Laboratories are committed to providing excellent laboratory services to you and your patients. Our goal is to offer quality service to our patients and clinicians, while better managing cost and logistics. In an effort to offer a comprehensive test menu, Shands Sendout Department has partnered with ARUP Laboratories as our primary reference laboratory.
Laboratory Ordering Process:
All orders for laboratory test are to be
processed through Shands Laboratories. Upon receiving the order, Shands Laboratory
Sendout Department will evaluate and determine if a test is not performed within the
Shands Healthcare Laboratories. Those test not performed within the Shands system,
will be forwarded to a Shands pre-approved reference laboratory. For a listing of
available HIS orderable tests and specimen requirements please go to the following
website location:
http://intranet.shands.org/shandslab/shandsUF/test_search.asp
Utilization Tools:
Please be aware that many of these send out tests and test panels are very expensive
and run into thousands of dollars per test. Furthermore, a few of the most expensive
tests are of limited diagnostic value and are therefore of questionable benefit in
managing the disease process.
It is incumbent upon the medical practitioner to be aware of the diagnostic sensitivity
and specificity when ordering these tests. If you have any questions you may contact the
Shands On- Call Pathologists directly (Pager #413-6266).
To assist you in selecting the right test(s) for a specific disease, we encourage you to use the following utilization tools:
- Shands Healthcare Clinical Laboratory Medical Directors (including a Pathologist on-call available 24/7: pager 413-6266) are available to assist you with laboratory testing questions, as well as ordering and interpretation. Contact Information can be found at the following website: intranet.shands.org/shandslab/shandsUF/lab_admin/meddirectors.htm
- ARUP Consult. ARUP Consult is a complementary tool provided by ARUP Laboratories for all Shands physicians and clinicians to refer to free of charge. The Physicians Guide to Laboratory Test Selection and Interpretation recommendations are congruent with national guidelines. The user may browse by disease, topics with algorithms or alphabetically. Once you have consulted the ARUP site please order the desired test via the Shands Laboratory Ordering Process. Website location: www.arupconsult.com
Shands Laboratory Customer Service:
If you are needing assistance ordering tests, patient draw sites or locating test results,
please contact Shands Medical Laboratories Customer Service: (352) 265-0522