General Information

• Guide to Laboratory Services
• Administrative and Technical Leadership Directory
• Pathologist Directory

Quality & Compliance   

• Accreditation: College of American Pathologist (CAP) 
  • Iowa Lutheran Hospital CAP # 1759001 
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center CAP # 1757901 
  • Methodist West Hospital CAP # 7229293 
  • Pathology Laboratory CAP # 1758001 
  • Pathology Laboratory - North Ankeny CAP # 8094498 
• Licenses: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)       
  • Iowa Lutheran Hospital CLIA # 16D0383810 
  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center CLIA # 16D0383378 
  • Methodist West Hospital CLIA # 16D1097276 
  • Pathology Laboratory CLIA # 16D0383397
  • Pathology Laboratory - North Ankeny CLIA# 16D2123745 
• Iowa Pathology Associates CAP & CLIA

Test Ordering and Results 

• General Test Ordering
• Specimen Labeling Requirements
• Critical Values
• Reflex Testing and Interpretations by Pathologist
• Test Result Reporting
• Key to Units and Abbreviations

Billing

• Billing and CPT Coding

Specimen Collection and Transport

• Blood Specimen Collection  
• Cytology Gynecological Smear Collection
• Cytology Non-Gynecological Collection
• HPV Co-testing 
• Specimen Transport 
• Unacceptable Containers or Conditions 

Microbiology Collection, Transport & Information

• Microbiology Specimen Collection Guidelines
• Antibiogram 2022   (released every 18 months)
• NHSN Patient Safety Component Annual Survey
• Poster - Blood Culture Collection for DM Hospitals
• Poster - Blood Culture Collection for Pathology Laboratory Clients

Histology Collection and Transport

• Autopsy Checklist 
• Autopsy Consent / Request 
• Autopsy Physician Authorization Form 
• Histology Specimen Collection 
• Flow Cytometry (RPMI) Collection for Pathology Laboratory Clients 
• Flow Cytometry (RPMI) Collection for Des Moines Hospitals
• Formaldehyde MSDS 
• Immunofluorescence Studies 
• Muscle Specimens 

Patient Instruction Sheets - Link to [Page]

Supply Ordering - Link to [Page]

Forms

• Cornelia de Lange UCGS Lab requisition 
• ABN (Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage) Medicare 
• ABN (Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage) Medicaid     
• Prometheus Anser IFX pre-authorization form 

In The Loop - Link to [Page]

Testing Algorithms - Link to [Page]       

Laboratory Managers Meeting Presentations

 IMMC Drug Screening     

Jobaid Rh Ig Questions 

BioFire (FilmArray) Multiplex PCR Assays