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Resources
- Test catalog (see too “Other UCHealth Laboratories” link in right navigation panel)
- Pathology and cytology specimens
- Laboratory Quality Metrics: UCH Lab: Blood Culture KPIs
- Laboratory Shift Supervisor Pager: 303-266-4888
- Request to Donate Blood (UCHealth North Region)
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
Accreditation and certification
Clinical Laboratory at Anschutz Medical Campus
- AABB Certificate of Accreditation
- College of American Pathologists Certificate
- College of American Pathologists Letter of Continued Accreditation
- CLIA Certificate
- FDA Registration (Transfusion Service)
- FDA Registration (Microbiology)
Lone Tree Health Center Laboratory
- College of American Pathologists (CAP) Certificate
- CLIA Certificate
- College of American Pathologists Letter of Continued Accreditation
Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Laboratory
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Laboratory
Metro Denver Point of Care Testing Program
- Anschutz Medical Campus CLIA Certificate
- Central Park Medical Center CLIA Certificate
- Boulder Health Center CLIA Certificate
- Internal Medicine and Specialty Care (Lowry) CLIA Certificate
- Lone Tree Health Center CLIA Certificate
- University Family Medicine Westminster CLIA Certificate
- UCHealth Cherry Creek Surgery Center CLIA Certificate
Free-standing Emergency Department Laboratories
- Arvada Ralston Rd ED CLIA Certificate
- Arvada Ralston Road COLA Certificate
- Aurora Mississippi Ave CLIA Certificate
- Aurora Mississippi Ave ED COLA Certificate
- Commerce City CLIA Certificate
- Commerce City COLA Certificate
- Green Valley Ranch CLIA Certificate
- Green Valley Ranch COLA Certificate
- Thornton CLIA Certificate
- Thornton COLA Certificate
Lab Organizational Charts
Lab Organizational Charts
University of Colorado Hospital Clinical Laboratory
Lone Tree Health Center Laboratory
Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
Free-Standing Emergency Departments:
Arvada Ralston Emergency Department Organizational Chart
Aurora Mississippi Emergency Department Organizational Chart
Commerce City Emergency Department Organizational Chart
Green Valley Ranch Emergency Department Organizational Chart
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
Tips for Improving Heelstick Collection Technique
Urine Collection Kit Tip Sheet
BD Urine Collection System Guide
Location information and hours
Location information and hours
Urgent laboratory issues, 24-hours per day:
Laboratory Shift Supervisor Pager
303-266-4888
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 (AIP2), Room 2.500.A
P.O. Box 6510
12605 E. 16th Ave.
Aurora, CO 80045
University of Colorado Hospital
Lone Tree Health Center Laboratory, Mailstop F746
9548 Park Meadows Drive, Room 356
Lone Tree, CO 80124
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: 720-516-9412 | Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. |
| Lone Tree Laboratory (Lone Tree 356) | Phone: 720-553-1118 Blood draw scheduling: 720-848-2200 | Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m. (excludes holidays) |
| Microbiology (Leprino 176) | Phone: 720-848-7084 | Open 24/7 |
| Molecular Diagnostics (Leprino 160) | Phone: 720-848-6892 | Open 24/7 |
| Operating Room Blood Gas Lab (CCW 2.0222) | Phone: 720-848-7086 Cell: 720-848-5309 Pager: 303-266-5040 | 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 (AIP2 2.500.A) | Phone: 720-848-4444 Fax: 720-848-4407 | Open 24/7 |
News and updates
News and updates
News
Test Updates
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
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
2022-09-27 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
2022-08-03 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
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
Archive news and updates
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
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
2020-09-04 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
2020-03-02 Patient Demographics Required for MSAFP
2020-03-02 Pentobarbital Testing Resumed at UCH Laboratory
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
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
For urgent issues, 24 hours per day:
Laboratory Shift Supervisor Pager
303-266-4888
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
Location: Leprino 3rd Floor
Phone: 720-848-7064
Mary P. Berg, MD
Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Location: AIP2 2.500
Phone: 720-848-4402
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: LOB 331
Phone: 720-848-6689
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: AIP2 2.500
Phone: 720-848-7068
Brian Harry, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Special Chemistry, Toxicology, Point of Care Testing, Inpatient and Outpatient Phlebotomy
Location: LOB 275
Phone: 720-848-7070
Kathryn L. Hassell, MD
Professor/Director, School of Medicine Pediatrics; Consultant, Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
Location: Education II South, Room 3211
Phone: 303-724-9070
Joel Kniep, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology; Assistant Director, Transfusion Medicine
Location: AIP2 2.500
Phone: 720-848-8157
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
Olumide Odeyemi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology; Medical Director, Manual Hematology
Location: LOB 335
Phone: 720-848-7333
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; Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Location: Research Complex II, Room 11126
Phone: 303-724-4480 and 720-848-7054
Clinical Laboratory Administrative Staff
Gregary T. Bocsi, DO
Laboratory Director, UCH Clinical Laboratory
Phone: 720-848-7050
Edward R. Ashwood, MD
Laboratory Director, CCMC Clinical Laboratory
Phone: 720-848-7064
Sarah Miller, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Interim Director, Laboratory Services
Phone: 720-516-0191
Karin Ingle, MT(ASCP)
Manager, Laboratory Services, Administration
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
Laboratory Administrative Technician
Phone: 720-848-7057
Caroline Bruce
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: 720-848-4415
Cara Faliano, MLS(ASCP)CM
Interim Manager, Specimen Processing, Marketing/Client Services, Referral Testing
Phone: 720-848-7072
Ekaterina Carlisle, MS, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager, Cherry Creek Medical Center Laboratory
Office Phone: 720-516-9132
Lindsay Polanco, AAS
Manager, Outpatient Laboratory
Office Phone: 720-848-1828
Yvette Gaines, MLT(ASCP)
Manager, Inpatient Phlebotomy
Office Phone: 720-848-0949
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
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.