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Celebrate National Blood Donor Month throughout January by inviting eligible individuals to donate blood and convalescent plasma in 2021 with the goal of creating a robust supply that can meet local hospital patient needs. National Blood Donor Month has been observed in January since 1970 with the goal of increasing blood and platelet donations during winter – one of the most difficult times of year to collect enough blood products to meet patient needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has put ...
As a friendly reminder, airlines often change their routine flights and cargo hours for holidays. We recommend you check with your couriers, airline carriers, and Fed-Ex or UPS if applicable to verify hours for the upcoming New Year's Day holiday so that you can avoid any issues with transportation of your samples to CTS. Happy New Year!
As a friendly reminder, airlines often change their routine flights and cargo hours for holidays. We recommend you check with your couriers, airline carriers, and Fed-Ex or UPS if applicable to verify hours for the upcoming Christmas Day holiday so that you can avoid any issues with the transportation of your samples to CTS. Happy Holidays!
As a friendly reminder, airlines often change their routine flights and cargo hours for holidays. We recommend you check with your couriers, airline carriers, and Fed-Ex or UPS if applicable to verify hours for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday so that you can avoid any issues with transportation of your samples to CTS. Happy Thanksgiving!
11Nov

2020 Annual CTS Survey

O'Dina Hurlburt | 11 Nov, 2020 |
The CTS 2020 Annual Laboratory Survey is on its way to your email box. We would appreciate you taking time to complete it. The feedback we receive from you gives us valuable information on how to best meet your testing needs. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete.Typically, we send a link to more than one person at your facility in an effort to obtain several viewpoints. This survey link is intended for the recipient and should not be forwarded to other individuals in your ...
25Oct

Revised Client Forms

Lindsey Houghton | 25 Oct, 2020 |
 Just a reminder that the revised client forms implement today! Don't forget to toss your old versions! If you need a refresher on what forms are impacted, you can read about it here: Communications  
The revised CTS algorithm associated with the Ortho platform is now available for review.  Clients receiving routine confirmatory testing will see the two new test codes when we implement the Ortho platform on January 11, 2021, the Abbott Alinity s Anti-HCV and the Genetic Systems HBsAg Confirmatory 3.0.Read all about it on the Communication page by clicking this link: Communications...
On September 14, 2020, our Phoenix laboratory began performing a portion of our alternate donor antibody screen on the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VISION Analyzer. This instrumentation change was necessary as Ortho Clinical Diagnostics will be discontinuing support of the existing ProVue instrumentation in the future.We will notify you of the transition date of our other four laboratories. To read more about this change, click here: 
At CTS, we understand the impact converting to the Ortho viral marker platform has on your operations. As we get closer to our implementation date of January 11, 2021 we are committed to providing you information as it becomes available.Package inserts for the new assays are now available. You can review them on the Communications page by clicking this link: Communications
CTS implement the Bio-Rad Geenius HIV 1/2 supplemental assay on Monday September 21, 2020. The newly licensed Geenius test is an immunochromatographic assay designed to confirm and differentiate individual antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Types 1 and 2. The assay will be replacing the HIV-1 Western blot and HIV-2 EIA assays which are performed on samples with a reactive result on a licensed HIV 1/2 screening test.Read all about it on the Communication page by clicking this link: &...
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