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Resources

The Clinical Laboratory of University of Colorado Hospital in metro Denver is accredited by the College of American Pathologists and all relevant state and federal agencies.

Laboratory specialty activities are directed by experts in their area of clinical specialization who are available for consultation. Medical Directors of any specialty may be called directly (see “Staff Contacts”) or contacted through the Clinical Laboratory at 720-848-4401.

The Clinical Laboratory does not handle nor transport anatomical specimens. All cytology, surgical, and other anatomical specimens, and inquiry regarding these are the responsibility of the University of Colorado Denver Department of Pathology. Please go to UCD Department of Pathology and click “Our Services” for specimen submission guidelines.

Reporting concerns about laboratory operations

Contact Clinical Laboratory Management (see “Staff contacts” page). If you prefer, or if the laboratory has not addressed your concerns, contact:
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Accreditation and certification

Lab Organizational Charts

Referral-Send Out Testing

Referral-Send out Testing

Certain tests are not listed in the laboratory test catalog or on the requisition forms. If the specific test is not routinely performed through the Clinical Laboratory, the laboratory will arrange for its performance at a reference laboratory. Call 720-848-7029.

The Clinical Laboratory will refer specimens to licensed/accredited referral laboratories only for test procedures not available on site. The name of the laboratory actually performing the examination will be indicated on the laboratory report form.

The UCH Clinical Laboratory has mandatory processes for selection and approval of outside reference laboratories and reference lab testing.  If any unit or clinic bypasses the Clinical Laboratory Specimen Management area to send or take a specimen to an outside laboratory directly, the hospital/outside laboratory will not pay the laboratory for the test. 

Clinicians may submit this request form for new tests to the Lab Orders Optimization Committee: Request for New Tests

Compliance

Every laboratory test must be ordered under the license of a physician or other authorized provider and must be requested using the appropriate electronic ordering system (e.g. Epic), or if an ordering system is unavailable, on the appropriate requisition form.

Note: Medicare generally does not cover routine screening tests or services when a “rule-out” diagnosis is provided. Code the condition(s) to the highest degree of certainty for that encounter/visit, such as signs, symptoms, abnormal test results, exposure to communicable disease or other reasons for the visit.

Annual UCHealth Clinical Laboratories Compliance Notice to Providers

UCH Clinical Laboratory Reflex Test Protocols

Custom Profiles at UCHealth Clinical Laboratories

Compliance Statement, Laboratory-developed Tests (LDTs):

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by University of Colorado Hospital Authority. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The laboratory is regulated under CLIA as qualified to perform high-complexity testing. This test is used for clinical purposes. It should not be regarded as investigational or for research.

Critical values

Critical values

CRITICAL VALUES

Click here  to view University of Colorado Hospital/Cherry Creek Medical Center Critical Laboratory Values.

Click here to review the UCHealth “Critical Results/Values Notification and Documentation” policy.

Illustrated collection guides

Blood Culture Collection Guide

Neonatal Blood Collection Guide

Right Swab for the Job – Find Specimen Requirements in our Test Catalog

Blood Tube Color Chart – Find Specimen Requirements in our Test Catalog

Helicobacter Pylori Breath Test Kit Instructions

Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection Tip Sheet

Stool Collection Guide

Tips for Improving Heelstick Collection Technique

Urine Collection Kit Tip Sheet

BD Urine Collection System Guide

Location information and hours

Location information and hours

Mailing Addresses

University of Colorado Hospital
Clinical Laboratory, Mail Stop A022
Leprino Building, Room 253
P.O. Box 6510
12401 E. 17th Ave.
Aurora, CO 80045

University of Colorado Hospital
Transfusion Service, Mail Stop A022
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion (AIP3), Room 2.880
P.O. Box 6510
12605 E. 16th Ave.
Aurora, CO 80045

UCHealth
Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
100 Cook St, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80206

Clinical Locations and Hours

Administration
(Leprino 292)
Phone: 720-848-7088
Fax: 720-848-7079
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
(excludes holidays)
Clinical Laboratory
(Leprino 253)
Phone: 720-848-4401
Fax: 720-848-0904
Open 24/7
Clinical Lab Inquiry and Results
(Leprino 250)
Phone: 720-848-4401
Fax: 720-848-7080
Open 24/7
Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
(100 Cook St, Denver, Suite 200)
Phone: 720-516-9412Monday through Friday
7:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.
Microbiology
(Leprino 176)
Phone: 720-848-7084Open 24/7
Molecular Diagnostics
(Leprino 160)
Phone: 720-848-6892Open 24/7
Operating Room Blood Gas Lab
(AIP3 2.851)
Phone: 720-553-9535
Cell: 720-553-5309
Monday through Friday
7 a.m to 11 p.m.
(all other hours are
covered on an
“on-call” basis)
Outpatient Laboratory (formerly “Lab Express”)
(AOP 1100)
Phone: 720-848-2515
Fax: 720-848-5938
Monday through Friday
6:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
(excludes holidays)
Blood Bank Transfusion Service
(AIP3 2.880)
Phone: 720-553-4444
Fax: 720-848-4407
Open 24/7

News and updates

News and updates

News

Glucometer Cleaning and Disinfection Flyer

Pneumatic Tube System Packing Flyer

Transfusion Audit Tip Sheet

Test Updates

2024-02-16 Gentamicin Discontinuation

2024-02-16 HIV Confirmation and HIV/HBV/HCV Multiplex Testing In-House

2024-02-16 Grifols Blood Group Phenotyping

2024-02-16 Serum Eye Drops Process

2024-01-19 Gentamicin Update

2023-12-28 Von Willebrand Factor Activity Testing Resumes

2023-12-18 HIT Result Update

2023-12-18 Phenytoin Panel Discontinuation

2023-12-18 EO Smear Discontinuation

2023-12-18 BF HCT Discontinuation

2023-12-06 Tacrolimus Delay in Testing

2023-11-27 FLUVID Media Change

2023-11-27 Von Willebrand Factor Activity Testing Delay

2023-12-15 Pediatric Critical Values Update

2023-11-15 Testosterone by LCMS Delay In Testing

2023-11-15 Epic Zebra Label Stock Clarification

2023-11-15 Pneumatic Tube System Specimen Packaging

2023-10-30 Thrombin Time DTT Reference Range Updates

2023-10-24 New Test Options: Synovial Fluid

2023-10-15 Flow Cytometry IPLL Panel Update

2023-10-03 Blood Aspergillus/other Galactomannan Antigen

2023-07-25 Cord Blood pH and Base Excess Critical Values

2023-07-17 Cytomegalovirus PCR on Urine

2023-07-17 New Test: Mycoplasma genitalium NAAT

2023-05-08 Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Testing Resumes

2023-04-14 Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR

2023-03-29 Urine Drugs of Abuse Panel Updates

2023-04-03 Coagulation Testing Reference Range Updates

2023-03-22 New Test: Fungitell

2023-02-14 Multiplex Vaginal Panel PCR

2023-02-13 New Testing at Cherry Creek Laboratory: TSH Reflex to Free T4

2023-02-07 RBC Morphology Grading Changes

2023-01-17 CMV and EBV PCR Test Changes for Plasma Source

2023-01-17 PCR Testing Specimen Source Changes

Archive news and updates

2022-12-21 New Testing at Cherry Creek Laboratory: Group A Strep PCR and FLUVID

2022-11-17 Respiratory Panel PCR Alternate Sources

2022-10-25 Change to High Critical Value Notification for Platelet Count

2022-10-12 UPDATE: Urine Culture Reporting

2022-11-01 Fecal Calprotectin and H. pylori Antigen Testing Resume

2022-11-01 Homocysteine

2022-09-27 New Test: Fentanyl

2022-09-27 Phencyclidine (PCP) Discontinued

2022-09-19 Factor XIII Qualitative

2022-09-19 Euglobulin Lysis Test

2022-09-19 Fecal Calprotectin and H. pylori Antigen

2022-09-12 Urine Culture Reporting Parameters Change

2022-09-19 BK Virus by PCR on Urine

2022-09-12 Plasma Hemoglobin to Reference Lab

2022-09-06 Ordering Clarification, Body Fluid Chemistry Testing

2022-09-06 Fecal Pancreatic Elastase

2022-09-06 Homocysteine

2022-08-16 Cystatin-C

2022-08-03 Cherry Creek Lab Only – LDH Updates

2022-08-01 Phencyclidine Testing Discontinued

2022-07-25 PCR Testing to Reference Lab

2022-07-25 Mycobacteria Testing Resumes

2022-07-13 Hemoglobin Electrophoresis Update

2022-06-15 COVID-19 IgG Antibody Testing

2022-06-21 Pleural pH New Method

2022-06-15 Tryptase Total and Mature Test Discontinued

2022-05-16- Sodium Citrate Blood Specimen Collection Tubes

2022-05-16 New Anti-epileptic Drug Testing by LCMS

2022-05-09 Heparin Test Ordering Update

2022-04-25 Cherry Creek Lab Prothrombin Time Reference Range Update

2022-04-12 BK Virus PCR Plasma Method and Interpretation Update

2022-03-02 Expiry Date Extended GC/Chlamydia/Trich Genprobe Urine Collection Kits

2022-03-03 Customer Bulletin Extended Expiry Date for Hologic Aptima Urine Collection Kits

2022-02-21 Helicobacter pylori Breath Test Method Change

2022-01-17 Free Testosterone

2021-12-01 Thrombin Time and DTT Reference Range Changes

2021-10-25 eGFR Calculation Update

2021-10-25 AFB Culture Sendout

2021-07-12 New Tests RVVT, SCT and Lupus Panels with DOAC Removal

2021-08-13 Urine Culture Add-Ons

2021-08-01 Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Testing Frequency

2021-08-01 Fecal Calprotectin Testing Frequency

2021-07-19 Fecal H. pylori Antigen Testing

2021-07-15 QuantiFERON TB GOLD PLUS Update

2021-06-15 Sodium Citrate Blood Collection Tube Shortage

2021-07-15-Theophylline-Testing-Referral

2021-07-15-Tobramycin-Testing-Referral

2021-05-17 Point-of-Care-Testing-Tips

2021-04-12 Coagulation Testing Reference Range Updates

2021-03-22 Report Location Change – Immunophenotyping Hematopoietic Neoplasms

2021-02-17 Pentobarbital Method Change

2021-02-15 High-Sensitivity Troponin I Ordering and Collection

2021-02-03 Fecal Pancreatic Elastase

2021-01-13 GI PCR Panel Plus

2020-12-15 Syphilis Screening Algorithm

2020-12-14 High Sensitivity Troponin I Replaces Current Troponin I Assay

2020-12-03 Keppra (Levetiracetam) and Lamotrigine by LCMS

2021-01-01 PT/INR Testing Discontinued at Lone Tree Laboratory

2020-12-14 New High Sensitivity Troponin I

2020-10-05 QuantiFERON TB-GOLD Specimen Labeling

2020-09-21 Coagulation Test Reference Range Updates

2020-09-14 QuantiFERON TB-Gold Specimen Labeling

2020-09-08 LDL-C

2020-09-04 GI PCR Panel Critical Supply Shortage

2020-09-01 HIV/HCV/HBV PCR Testing Delays

2020-08-24 Beta-2-microglobulin

2020-08-01 IgE and Alzheimer’s Disease CSF

2020-07-24 Respiratory Viral Panel Changes

2020-06-30 Thrombin Time and Dilute Thrombin Time Reference Range

2020-03-17 Lab Testing Operations and COVID Pandemic

2020-03-17 Conservation of Microbiology Resources During COVID Pandemic

2020-03-16 Beta-2-microglobulin Delay in Testing

2020-04-01 Allergen Testing

2020-03-02 Patient Demographics Required for MSAFP

2020-03-02 Pentobarbital Testing Resumed at UCH Laboratory

2020-02-24 Fecal Calprotectin

2020-02-17 Acceptable Containers for Timed Urine Collections

2020-02-17 AFB Blood and Bone Marrow Culture Container Change

2020-01-29 Pentobarbital Update

2020-01-28 Labels for All Tubes in Urine Collection Kit

2020-01-15 One Hour Fast Required for H. pylori Breath Test

2020-01-03 Bone Marrow Collection Assist Agreement

2019-12-19 Testosterone by LCMS

2019-12-09 Special Chemistry Testing Frequency

2019-11-20 New Inhouse Testing: Lidocaine

2019-11-12 Special Coagulation Test Changes

2019-11-12 Special Coagulation Test Reference Range Changes

2019-11-12 HIT Test Update

2019-10-15 Alpha-2-Antiplasmin-Activity Testing Delay

2019-10-15 Clostridioides difficile Reflex Test Algorithm

2019-10-15 Legionella PCR Test Preferred Over Culture

Point of care testing documents

Point of Care Testing Documents

Click here to print the Glucose Meter Exchange Form.

Point of Care Testing (POCT) Procedures and Forms for University of Colorado Hospital Point of Care Testing  sites are available through the “MediaLab” document management system.

Click here to go to UCH Point of Care Testing Procedures and UCH Point of Care Testing Forms.

Specimen collection and handling guide

Click here to view the specimen collection and handling guide

Staff contacts

Staff contacts

Medical Directors and Doctoral Staff

Gregary T. Bocsi, DO
Associate Professor of Pathology; Director, Clinical Laboratory
Location: LOB 299
Phone: 720-848-7050

Edward R. Ashwood, MD
Professor of Pathology; Director Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
Location: Leprino 3rd Floor
Phone: 720-848-7064

Mary P. Berg, MD
Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Location: AIP3 2.880.4
Phone: 720-553-9529

Geza S. Bodor, MD
Clinical Professor; Medical Director, Toxicology
Location: LOB 229
Phone: 720-848-6032

Stephanie T. Bates, MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Transfusion Medicine
Location: AIP3 2.880.9
Phone: 720-553-9526

Toby C. Cornish, MD, PhD
Associate Professor; Medical Director, Laboratory Information System
Location: AO1 2109
Phone: 303-724-3703

Melkon DomBourian, MD
Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Core Laboratory, Specimen Management
Location: LOB 270
Phone: 720-848-1551

Nicole L. Draper, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology; Assistant Director, Transfusion Medicine
Location: AIP3 2.8805
Phone: 720-553-9528

Kathryn L. Hassell, MD
Professor/Director, School of Medicine Pediatrics; Consultant, Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
Location: Education II South, Room 3211
Phone: 303-724-9070

Stuart E. Lind, MD
Professor; Medical Director, Coagulation
Location: Research Complex I – North, Room 5116
Phone: 303-724-1383

Nancy E. Madinger, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology; Co-Director, Microbiology
Location: Research Complex II, Room 11008 and LOB 199
Phone: 303-724-4937 and 720-848-7047

Bruce McCollister, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pathology; Co-Director, Microbiology
Location: LOB 229
Phone: 720-848-7045

C. Kayla Pang, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Flow Cytometry
Location: LOB 334
Phone: 720-848-6417

Zenggang Pan, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Hematopathology
Location: LOB 329
Phone: 720-848-6667

Adriana Weinberg, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine; Interim Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Location: Research Complex II, Room 11126
Phone: 303-724-4480 and 720-848-7054

Jingjing Zhang, MD
Hematopathology
Location: LOB 330-B
Phone: 720-848-8941

Clinical Laboratory Administrative Staff

Gregary T. Bocsi, DO
Laboratory Director, UCH Clinical Laboratory
Phone: 720-848-7050

Sarah Miller, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Director, Laboratory Services
Phone: 720-848-6475

Amy Hamill, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Laboratory Services, Quality
Phone: 720-848-7059

Alisha Johnson, MLS(ASCP)CM
Coordinator Laboratory (Safety and Quality)
Phone: 720-848-7058

Ingrid Cannon, MT(ASCP)
Coordinator, Laboratory (Transfusion Service)
Phone: 720-848-6920

William Dieterich
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 720-848-7057

Laura Silverboard
Laboratory Administrative Technician
Phone: 720-848-5405

Leaders

Mary Ellen Boyle, MBA, MT(ASCP)
Manager, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Toxicology, Special Chemistry, Coagulation
Phone: 720-848-7067

Veronica Broslawik, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Microbiology, Mycology, Parasitology, Mycobacteriology
Phone: 720-848-7035

Cara Faliano, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Molecular Diagnostics
Phone: 720-848-7066

Dianna Pruden, MT(ASCP)SBBCM
Manager, Transfusion Services
Phone: 720-553-9530

Evan Scott, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Specimen Processing, Marketing/Client Services, Referral Testing
Phone: 720-848-8594

Ekaterina Carlisle, MS, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
Office Phone: 720-516-9132

Lindsay Polanco, AAS
Manager, Outpatient Laboratory and Inpatient Phlebotomy
Office Phone: 720-848-1828

Laboratory Information System

Connie Williamson, MA, MT(ASCP)
Director
Phone: 303-752-8229

Melissa Rubenstein
Manager
Phone: 303-752-5051

Richard Engelbart
Manager
Phone: 970-495-7797

Point-of-Care Testing Program, Office Phone 720-848-9119

Helen Vieyra, MLS(ASCP)CM
Supervisor, Laboratory
Phone: 720-848-7018

Melanie Mackercher, MT(ASCP)
Coordinator, Laboratory
Phone: 720-848-9305

Tyler Dalby, MLS(ASCP)CM
POCT Specialist
Phone: 720-848-7766

Bernadette Quigley, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM
POCT Specialist
Phone: 720-848-7049

Debbie Rawlins, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
POCT Specialist
Phone: 720-848-9119

Beverly Dutcher, RN
Clinical Laboratory Nurse Educator
Phone: 720-848-7078

Transfusion services

Refer to the policy/procedure “Blood Administration” for patient identification, specimen collection and labeling, and blood administration instructions.

For additional information on Transfusion Medicine at University of Colorado Hospital, refer to “Blood Bank” in the sidebar of our Test Catalog.

Virus epidemiology

Click here to access the UCHealth Lab Respiratory Pathogen Testing report.

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