Section of Clinical Chemistry
The primary goal of the Section of Clinical Chemistry is to provide the patient care services which are required for the diagnosis and clinical management of cancer patients in a timely, yet cost-effective manner. The patient care activities center around the following laboratories: High Volume Chemistry, Urinalysis and Special Chemistry Laboratory. These laboratories perform approximately 2,858,441 chemistry test procedures per year.
High Volume Chemistry Service
The High Volume Chemistry service is responsible for urinalysis, tests for therapeutic drug monitoring, referral laboratory tests and a variety of routine procedures for enzymes, electrolytes, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.
Special Chemistry Laboratory
The Special Chemistry laboratory performs tests for protein electrophoresis, isoenzyme determinations, quantitation of immunoglobulins, typing of immunoglobulin abnormalities, thyroid function tests and immunoassay procedures including cortisols, various hormones and tumor markers. The Special Chemistry area also performs point-of-care testing for IO-PTH.