Common Test-Ordering Errors
Part 7: Overordered Microbiology Tests
Helicobacter pylori IgM
Stool Ova & Parasites
Conclusion
October 2010
This concludes Part 7 of this series on some of the tests that, in our experience as a reference laboratory, are commonly ordered inappropriately. Please continue to Part 8 to complete the section on overordered microbiology tests.
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- Introduction
- Testing at Mayo Medical Laboratories
- Common MML Test-Ordering Errors
- Common Microbiology Test-Ordering Problems
- Helicobacter pylori
- H pylori IgM (and IgA) Not Useful
- H pylori Diagnostic Algorithm
- H pylori Diagnostic Algorithm
- Ova and Parasite
- Parasitic Investigation of Stool Specimens Algorithm
- Initial Testing in Patients with Watery Diarrhea
- Conclusion
- Questions?
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