For All Providers

New COVID-19 Lab Orders Available in Epic

This email contains important information on new lab orders now available in Epic for COVID-19 virus and antibodies.

For All Ordering Providers COVID-19 Lab Order Available for Pre-Procedure Assessments COVID-19 lab orders are now available for pre-procedure testing without requiring isolation or triggering COVID-19 alerts, unless a patient tests positive.  For inpatient testing, a Pre-procedure COVID-19 qualitative PCR order set is available.

For Pre-Op and PAT testing, order sets have been updated with the COVID-19 qualitative PCR [LAB3555] order. A new screening question, defaulted to Yes, validates that the test is part of a pre-procedure assessment.  For non-pre-procedure assessment ordering, selecting No will trigger COVID-19 alerts.

For PCG/SPG Providers COVID-19 Antibody Lab Orders Available in Epic for External Testing Agencies New orders are now available in Epic to facilitate ordering a COVID-19 Serology Antibody test from the three external agencies providing this test – Quest, LabCorp and BioReference. Quest and BioReference only offer a test for an IgG antibody. LabCorp also provides IgM and IgA tests. Note: IgG tests can be collected at the testing agency. IgM and IgA are clinic collect only.

IgG Test (for all collection options)

IgM and IgA Tests (Clinic Collect option only)

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