{"id":679,"date":"2019-06-06T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-lab-pathology-services\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2022-04-28T11:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:38:42","slug":"announcements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-679\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-679-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-679-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-679-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h1>Announcements<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-679-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-679-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-679-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_rcpt panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/2025\/05\/22\/grand-rounds-may-29-2025\/\" title=\"Grand Rounds: May 29, 2025\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Grand Rounds: May 29, 2025<\/span><\/a><span class=\"rcpt_item_date\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_posted\">Posted on <\/span>May 22, 2025<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/2023\/06\/12\/grand-rounds-june-29-2023\/\" title=\"Grand Rounds: June 29, 2023\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Grand Rounds: June 29, 2023<\/span><\/a><span class=\"rcpt_item_date\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_posted\">Posted on <\/span>June 12, 2023<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/2022\/04\/27\/grand-rounds-may-19-2022\/\" title=\"Grand Rounds: May 19, 2022\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Grand Rounds: May 19, 2022<\/span><\/a><span class=\"rcpt_item_date\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_posted\">Posted on <\/span>April 27, 2022<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"rcpt_items\"><ul class=\"rcpt_items_list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pathology-laboratory-medicine\/2022\/04\/20\/shortage-on-tubes-for-blood-collection\/\" title=\"Shortage on Tubes for Blood Collection\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_title\"> Shortage on Tubes for Blood Collection<\/span><\/a><span class=\"rcpt_item_date\"><span class=\"rcpt_item_posted\">Posted on <\/span>April 20, 2022<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-679-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"hide panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-679-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-679-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-679-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Testing for Body Fluid pH<\/h2>\n<p>Due to an insignificant test volume the laboratory at UConn John Dempsey Hospital will no longer be performing testing for body fluid pH as an in-house test. Specimens on which body fluid pH is ordered will be forwarded to the reference laboratory. If there are any questions or concerns please contact Sidney Hopfer at <a href=\"tel:860-679-2665\">860-679-2665<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any further questions, you may also contact a supervisor in the core lab by calling <a href=\"tel:860-679-2498\">860-679-2498<\/a> and ask to speak to one of the core lab supervisors. You may also reach out to the Administrative Director Jessica Underwood at <a href=\"tel:860-679-3760\">860-679-3760<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear providers, A heads up from the clinical laboratory \u2013 due to current supply chain disruptions, we have a shortage with some of the blood tubes used for lab testing. This is not a problem unique to UConn Health &#8211; hospitals around the United States are facing vacutainer tube shortages that may last through mid-2022. 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