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Outreach Laboratories

Use the links below to download instructions and forms for testing. To request current information on test prices, please call 612-625-3949.

Downloadable Forms and Instructions
BGen Information and Requisitions (pdf)
Coagulation Requisition (pdf)
Cytogenetics Requisition (pdf)
Emerin Sequencing (pdf)
Flowcytometry Requisition (pdf)
General Lab Requisition (pdf)
Li-Fraumeni (pdf)
LMNA Information (pdf)
Molecular Genetics Requistion (pdf)
OCA1 Information (pdf)
PAX2 Information (pdf)
PAX2 Test Request Form (pdf)
PKU Information (pdf)

Laboratory Guide
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Certificates of Accreditation
CAP (pdf)
CLIA (pdf)

A referral outreach laboratory structure evolved between Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota Physicians and was effective June 1, 2002. Under this arrangement, the University of Minnesota Physicians Outreach Laboratories, as owner/operator, provides the administrative, marketing, and medical direction while University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, performs the technical laboratory services. This specialized and complex laboratory work, performed at the University location, remains consistent with the high quality standards you have been accustomed to over the past several decades from the University Outreach Labs.

With our dedication to customer service, along with a full array of leading-edge testing, our emphasis remains focused on quality, accuracy, timeliness, and continued development of innovative diagnostic laboratory testing.

Consultative and interpretative assistance is provided by pathologists, doctoral scientists, and other physicians from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology of the University of Minnesota Medical School.

We provide:

  • High quality, accessible, cost effective, comprehensive services
  • Innovative clinical laboratory practice
  • Educational resources for its healthcare practitioners
  • Accessible diagnostic information in response to customer needs

Recognized regionally and nationally, the laboratory offers a full range of testing services, from acute care support to unique reference diagnostic testing, with a strong emphasis on quality, accuracy and timeliness.

Services include: routine and complex testing, 24-hour clinical pathology and technical consultation, cost competitive pricing, cutting-edge technologies, educational opportunities, and special project assistance.