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2004 Press Release Index
URGENT
TECHNICAL UPDATE: 10/25/04
BD Vacutainer® SST™ Gel
Barrier Tubes
URGENT
TECHNICAL UPDATE: 10/11/04 BD Vacutainer®
SST™ Gel Barrier Tubes
AMS
Laboratory Continuing Education Series
(Session 7) Subect: West Nile Virus
AMS
Wins Wichita Business Journal 2004 "Best Place To Work" Award
October 25, 2004
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORY, INC.
WICHITA, KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
URGENT
TECHNICAL UPDATE: 10/25/04 BD VACUTAINER® SST™ GEL
BARRIER TUBES
 Urgent
Technical Update
Please Read
Effective Immediately October 25, 2004
In
the October 11, 2003 bulletin we alerted all clients to discontinue
using the BD Vacutainer® SST™ Gel
barrier tubes only for the following tests:
- Total T3 AMS Test Code #7040050
- Total
T4 (Thyroxine) AMS Test Code #7040020
- Cortisol
AM AMS Test Code #7010020
- Cortisol PM
AMS Test Code #7040021
Becton Dickinson has now released the adjusted
product and has confirmed the elimination
of the previously identified interferences.
AMS has ordered
sufficient quantity to replace
your present inventory with the adjusted
product, which is designated with an Alpha
character at the end of the product
lot number. If you do not order the testing
above there is no need to replace the product
because no other assays were
affected.
If
you need to order the new BD Vacutainer® SST™ Gel
barrier tubes you may order through customer
service, fill out an order supply and send
it with the courier, or on the
website at http://www.amsreferencelab.com/supplies/order.html.
Please
continue with collecting the three tests
referenced above in red top tubes until
you receive the new product. For any additional
information, please contact
Bill Combs or Margo McDonald at 1-316-265-4533.
Sincerely,
AMS Technical Services
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October 11, 2004
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORY, INC.
WICHITA, KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
URGENT
TECHNICAL UPDATE: 10/11/04 BD VACUTAINER® SST™
GEL BARRIER TUBES
 Urgent
Technical Update
Please Read
Effective Immediately October 11, 2004
Recent
communication from Becton Dickinson
Diagnostics pertaining to BD Vacutainer® SST™ Gel
barrier tubes indicates that these
tubes should no longer be used when collecting
a specimen for the following three
(3) assays:
- Total
T3
- Total
T4 (Thyroxine)
- Cortisol
However,
these tubes are still appropriate and usable
for all other applicable assays. Only the three
tests listed above are affected, and
must
be drawn in a regular (non-gel)
red top
tube, allowed to clot, centrifuged,
and the serum transferred to a
transport tube/vial. This change has impacted
virtually
all laboratories worldwide that
use the above described Vacutainer® brand
tube.
Specimens
received by AMS for the above tests using
BD Vacutainer® SST™ Gel
barrier tubes will be rejected. Laboratories nationwide are adopting
this protocol.
Please
continue with the specimen preparation
as described in this bulletin until further
notice. We anticipate a remedy
to this situation in the very
near future,
and
we will communicate again at
that time. For any additional information,
please
contact Bill Combs or Margo
McDonald
at 1-316-265-4533.
Sincerely,
AMS
Technical Services
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June 3, 2004
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORY, INC.
WICHITA, KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMS LABORATORY
CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES (SESSION
7)
SUBJECT: WEST NILE VIRUS
 SUBJECT: West Nile Virus
DATE: June 25, 2004
TIME: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: AMS Laboratory - Conference Room
2916
E. Central, Wichita, Kansas
SPEAKER: Holly Alexander, Ph.D.,
Clinical Scientist
at Via Christi Medical Center
West Nile Virus hit Kansas hard last summer and
fall. The Kansas Dept of Health laboratory confirmed 90 cases
of severe disease including meningoencephalitis and acute flaccid
paralysis. In addition, there were at least several hundred
cases of West Nile fever. What's in store for 2004, and what
are the options for laboratory testing? Holly Alexander, PhD,
Via Christi Regional Medical Center, will describe the laboratory
experience in 2003 and discuss the tests available to diagnose
this disease.
Certificates of attendance will be handed
out at the close of the program.
Light refreshments will be provided, courtesy
of AMS.
Feel free to bring your lunch and
eat during the presentation.
Please RSVP to AMS Client Services: 265-4533,
option 2.
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February 6, 2004
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORY, INC.
WICHITA, KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AFFILIATED
MEDICAL SERVICE LABORATORY, INC (AMS)
WINS WICHITA BUSINESS JOURNAL 2004 "BEST
PLACE TO WORK" AWARD
The Wichita Business Journal announced
today the results of their regional "Best
Place To Work" survey. Affiliated Medical Services Laboratory, Inc,
(AMS) was one of ten winners in the 51-150-employee category. Right Management
Consultants
is the survey sponsor and the survey was administered by Quantum Market Research.
The WBJ reported that over 7,400 surveys were submitted and reviewed in determining
the winning companies. John Ek, publisher of the WBJ said,"we were overwhelmed
with the interest in the business community and pleased with the participation
by the employees. AMS President and CEO, Ed Harned said, "community based
companies like AMS understand that the attitudes of their employees have a very
direct and positive result on our success and growth". "This recognition
is especially rewarding considering the fact that employees who completed the
Internet based survey were assured of complete anonymity and could respond to
the questions however they wanted", Harned says.
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