New Clinical Chemistry and Hematology Panel
Date: August 11, 2004
NEW UPDATE - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND HEMATOLOGY PANEL
Several changes in the menu of test panels offered by the WakeMed Pathology Laboratories will occur on September 1, 2004. These changes are part of an effort to standardize the terminology and components of our test panels and to bring them into accordance with AMA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). We expect this to result in more efficient test ordering.
One significant change is the discontinuation of the Chem7 panel. A newly created Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) will be offered instead. A BMP consists of the seven tests included in a Chem7 plus a total calcium. Orders for the single test “calcium” will henceforth be interpreted as a request for a total calcium measurement. Ionized calcium measurement will be obtainable by ordering “ionized calcium.” Another new panel, the Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), has also been created.
The Automated Blood Count (ABC) and the Complete Blood Count (CBC) panels will undergo name changes. The current ABC panel will be termed “CBC,” and the current CBC panel will be termed “CBC with differential.”
Some other panels have merely undergone name changes without alteration of their components. Please see the following chart for a summary of all of the changes.
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New Name (As of September 1, 2004)
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Old Name (Until August 31, 2004)
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Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
Includes: Na, K, Cl, CO2, BUN, Creatinine, Glu, Total Ca |
Chem7 plus Total Ca
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Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
Includes: Na, K, Cl, CO2, BUN, Creatinine, Glu, Total Ca,
Albumin, Tot Prot, Tot Bili, Alk Phos, ALT, AST |
No previous panel
Chem7, Total Ca, Liver Panel w/o direct bili
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CBC
(CBC without differential) |
ABC
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| CBC with Differential |
CBC |
| Hepatic Function Panel * |
Liver Panel |
| Electrolyte Panel * |
Electrolytes |
* Name change only. Contents of panel unchanged.
Implementation is scheduled for September 1, 2004 at 12:00 AM.
Please contact the laboratory at (919) 350-8242 with any questions.
George Clarke, M.D.
Medical Director of Pathology
WakeMed, Cary Hospital
Michael Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director of Core Lab
WakeMed, Raleigh Campus
Cheryl Szpak, M.D.
Medical Director of Pathology
WakeMed North Healthplex
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