2003 January - Volume 7, Number 1

• Genetic Testing For Hereditary Hemochromatosis
• Information On Laboratory Requisitions
• MDS Metro's Role As Courier Of Specimens To Outside Institutions And Referral Agencies
• MDS Metro Welcomes Dr. Ekram Zayed
• Burnaby Reference Laboratory Receives CAP Accreditation 

 2002 February - Volume 6, Number 1

• Electronic Reporting of Laboratory Results Via PathNET
• Parentage Testing
• The Urea Breath Test for HELICOBACTER PYLORI
• Allergy Testing
• Our Web Site www.mdsmetro.com
• Do You Have a Question About Our Testing? 

 2002 July Volume 6, Number 2

• Troponin
• Macroprolactin
• Heterophile Antibodies
• PTH new developments
• PathNET
• Athena – special neurological tests
• Reference ranges on the web
• Corrected reports
• Agreement with Duke University
• $50,000 for hospice programs 
   

 2001 April - Volume 5, Number 1

• The Anemia of Chronic Disease
• SAIGE Serum Allergy Testing
• False Positive HCG Assays
• How Useful is Serum Folate?
• Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Gene Mutations 

 2001 July - Volume 5, Number 2

• Cardiac Testing Services
• Feature Article - Neutropenia
• Critical and Phone Values
• Web World
• Hemochromatosis Gene Mutation 

 2000 January - Volume 4, Number 1

• Dr. Annette Poon
• Collection of Semen Samples
• Vitamin D Testing
• Cardiac Testing - Urgent Cases
• Vaginal-Anal Specimens
• Thyroid Protocol
• Helicobacter Pylori - Urea Breath Test 

 2000 March - Volume 4, Number 2

• Sending Tests to Other Labs
• New MSP/BCMA Protocol for Drugs of Abuse Testing
• Semen Analysis Change in Sperm Morphology Classification
• Helicobacter Pylori 

 2000 December - Volume 4, Number 3 

• PathNet arrives
• In This Issue
• Tests Deemed Obsolete
• MDS Receives CAP Accreditation
• Lab Diagnosis of Thalassemia
• Yes, We Do Housecalls
• New Pathologist Welcomed
• New MSP Genital Protocol
• Information Needed 

 1999 February - Volume 3, Number 1

• Private Labs and the Government
• Tests Ordered on Non-MDS Metro Requisitions
• Reminder About Notifying Microbiology Lab of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
• MDS Metro Achieves CAP Accreditation
• Computer Network for Lab Result Reporting Announced
• New MDS Metro Policy for Mislabeled Patient Specimens
• New TOTAL T3 Reference Range
• Helicobacter Pylori: New Stool Test to Be Evaluated in Comparison to the ¹³CO₂ Urea Breath Test (UBT) 

 1999 April - Volume 3, Number 2

• Change to Reporting Reticulocyte Count
• Confidentiality, Privacy and Freedom-of-Information
• Cardiac Testing Services
• Complete Semen Analysis - Victoria
• Utilization Hint: Serum Magnesium
• Clinical Outcomes Hint: Urinary Microalbumin 

 1999 August - Volume 3, Number 3

• Confidentiality, Privacy and Freedom-of-Information
• Website of Interest
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile
• Change in Chlamydia Trachomatis Testing Method at MDS Metro
• Infection Control Reminder Regarding Laboratory Testing of Patients With Possible Measles, Rubella or Chicken Pox
• Diabetes Protocol 
   

 1998 January - Volume 2, Number 1 

• Our New Vice President of Medical Affairs
• Trichomonas Testing Correction
• Requests for Stats
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
• Short Bits
• Consultation 

 1998 February - Volume 2, Number 2 

• Reduced Activity Days
• Hepatitis Utilization Protocol
• Standard Outpatient Laboratory Requisition Form
• Hints for Urine Drug Testing
• Artificial Intelligence Research
• Group B Strep
• Persistent "TRACE" Hemoglobin in the Urine 

 1998 April - Volume 2, Number 3 

• Holter Monitor News
• Fasting vs. Non-fasting Cholesterol
• Diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome
• Over-anticoagulation in Long-term Warfarin Therapy
• Diabetes Mellitus-Diagnosis and Control
• Thyroid Testing for the Public 
   

 1998 June - Volume 2, Number 4 

• RAD Day Announcement
• Forthcoming Protocols
• "Pyridinoline Crosslinks" a New Urine Test For Osteoporosis?
• Prothrombin Time Standing Orders
• Chlamydia Testing 

 1998 July - Volume 2, Number 5

• Protocols, Protocols, and more Protocols
• D-Pyridinoline Cross Links and Hydroxyproline
• Urine Culture if Indicated: Potential Limitations 

 1998 October - Volume 2, Number 6 

• Results by Phone
• New Urea Breath Test (UBT) for Helicobacter Pylori
• Homocysteine Method Change 

 1998 December - Volume 2, Number 7 

• Genital Specimens and the New MDS Metro Requisition
• New MDS Metro Policy for Rejecting Low Quality Sputum Specimens
• New Protein Electrophoresis Service
• Homocysteine Reference Ranges 

 1997 October - Volume 1, Number 1 

• Bulletin
• MDS Metro on the Information Superhighway
• PSA After DRE
• New Thyroid Utilization Protocol
• Professional Staff Changes 

 1997 November - Volume 1, Number 2 

• Trichomonas Testing
• Don't Forget
• Hepatitis Be Antigen Now Available
• Thyroid Testing for the Public
• Artificial Blood Research at MDS
• ESR Protocol
• MDS Metro Support Services
• Mobile Laboratory Services (MLS)
• Specimen Transport
• Pathologist Consultation
• MDS Metro Publications
• Education Services