Common Test-Ordering Errors
Part 8: Overordered Microbiology Tests

Introduction

November 2010

Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories' Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.

Our presenter for this 8-part series is Dr. Jane Dale, a consultant in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Dale reviews test-ordering errors commonly seen at Mayo Medical Laboratories. This is the final presentation in the series and continues the discussion of overordered microbiology tests, this time focusing on serology tests for mumps, measles, varicella, syphilis, and Lyme disease.

Introduction

Next Slide >

 

Jump to section:

• Testing at Mayo Medical Laboratories
• Common MML Test-Ordering Errors
• Common Microbiology Test-Ordering Problems
• IgG and IgM, When IgG Answers Clinical Question
• Rubella
• Lyme Disease Testing
• Diagnosis
• Lyme Serology
• Conclusion
• Questions?