Specimen Minimum Volume
Specimen Volume Review
January 2011
We are committed to reducing specimen volume requirements for the tests we perform, and continue to emphasize that aspect of patient care when we select new instruments and develop new tests. Specimen volumes are established whenever we introduce a new test. And they are evaluated during the annual review of our existing testings. Tests with high specimen volume requirements are targeted for method modifications and replacement with new tests, or new analytic methods, that do not present that problem.
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- Introduction
- Iatrogenic Anemia
- Adverse Consequences of Anemia
- Specimen Volumes Have Decreased Over Time
- Specimen Volume Reduction Initiatives at Mayo
- Specimen Minimum Volume (SMV) Definitions
- Automated Assay SMV
- Manual Assay SMV
- Locating Minimum Volume on the Test Catalog
- Specimen Minimum Volume
- Comparison to 5 Commercial Labs
- Specimen Volume Review
- 25-OH Vitamin D: Minimum Volume Requirements
- Specimen Required or Minimum Volume
- Specimen Required Field
- Minimum Volume Field
- Submitted Volume
- Questions?
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