Lab updates for urea breath, acetylcholine receptor antibody testing

Delays in urea breath testing:

• Alberta Precision Laboratories is temporarily referring all urea breath tests (UBTs) out of province to Dynacare.
• Delays are expected.
• Read the lab bulletin.

Acetylcholine receptor antibody testing:

• Effective Tuesday, July 15, the University of Alberta Hospital lab in Edmonton will perform serum acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR) testing by fixed cell-based assay for all patients with clinical suspicion for myasthenia gravis.
• Read the lab bulletin.