Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Our clinical laboratories provide inpatient, outpatient and outreach laboratory services for Children's Mercy patients and the greater Kansas City community.
Why Children’s Mercy for your laboratory services?
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Age-specific reference ranges
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Broad test menu ranging from routine analysis to esoteric
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Maximum testing with minimal sample sizes
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Dedicated pediatric phlebotomists to minimize multiple venipunctures and redraws
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Laboratory-to-clinician consultation to facilitate effective test ordering and result interpretation
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Professional staff skilled in detecting & interpreting test abnormalities and disease states specific to children
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Commitment to quality process - planning, control and improvement
Test Catalog
Use our online Test Catalog to find specific information about our testing; including collection details, performing locations, turnaround times and more.
Lab Sections
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine provides services in several specialty sections in addition to limited services at our Satellite Laboratories.
Outpatient collections and requisitions
- Only written/faxed orders within 30 days of the date of service will be accepted.
- Direct-access testing or patient-authorized testing is not permitted.
The policy at Children's Mercy is to provide outpatient services only when ordered by a practitioner (MD, DO, DDS, DMD, APRN, PA) who is properly licensed and eligible for participation in Medicare and other Federal health care programs. APRNs and PAs orders will only be accepted if the provider holds a Kansas and/or Missouri license.
There are many different types of allergy panels available depending on the laboratory offering the service. When we receive panel orders which don't match our panels we will offer the family the option to have 2 tubes of blood collected, which are highly likely to cover what is needed, and follow up on order resolution after the collection. This will require orders on a Children's Mercy requisition and may cause a delay in testing.
Genetic testing often requires insurance preauthorization. Please include the Authorization number on the requisition when ordering. Orders without an authorization number will require follow-up and may be delayed. CPT codes for genetic tests are available in the Lab Test Catalog.
View requisition forms Children’s Mercy to complete the collection
Home collection instructions
Patients and families can find a list of all Children's Mercy locations where labs can be taken along with instructions for home collections.
Infectious Disease Weekly Updates
Last week's results: updated November 18, 2024
Flu A/B NAAT (testing started 11/6/24)
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(A 10 /B 0 /214) 5% To Date (13/288) 5%
RSV NAAT (testing started 10/25/24)
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(5/110) 5% To Date (7/188) 4%
COVID RT PCR
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(8/170) 5% To Date (22,361/238,436) 9%
Enterovirus/Human Parechovirus PCR
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Enterovirus RT-PCR: (0/10) 0% YTD (45/341) 13%
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Parechovirus RT-PCR: (0/6) 0% YTD (9/232) 4%
Pertussis/Parapertussis PCR
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4 B. pertussis, 0 B. parapertussis PCR: (4/10) 40% YTD (37/213) 17%
Respiratory Panel PCR
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(145/214) 68%
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3 Flu A 2009 H1
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7 RSV
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2 Human metapneumovirus
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9 Adenovirus
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6 Parainfluenza 1
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1 Parainfluenza 3
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8 Parainfluenza 4
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85 Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
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3 Coronavirus NL63
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16 M. pneumoniae
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1 B. pertussis
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5 SARS-CoV2
Group A Streptococcus Rapid Antigen Test
| Rapid Test | Positive/Total | Follow-Up Culture |
| Children's Mercy Hospital | (9/87) 10% | (12) 16% |
| Children's Mercy Northland | (17/96) 18% | (3) 4% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas | (7/60) 12% | (6) 12% |
| Children's Mercy Broadway | (2/11) 18% | (0) 0% |
| Children's Mercy Blue Valley | (18/76) 24% | (2) 3% |
| Children's Mercy East | (19/70) 27% | (7) 14% |
Antibiograms
Please contact the Microbiology Lab at (816) 234-3386 for older antibiograms.
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