Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

PDS would like to invite you to celebrate the “Grand Opening” of our new laboratory space at our home in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. The event will start with a short continuing education program, a complimentary lunch followed by tours of the PDS laboratories, including receiving, histology, necropsy, microbiology and clinical pathology.

Please RSVP to pds.info@usask.ca by Wednesday, January 4, 2012 to help us plan for the luncheon and tours.

Parking: Agriculture Parkade or Lot 4 (by Education Bldg) – Follow the parking signage once on Campus.

Please note the following changes in the PDS cytology and Histopathology Services, effective immediately:

1. Clinical Pathology Laboratory reporting on cytology cases:

The turn-around-time for cytology cases has been changed from "same day" to "24 hours" and the STAT cut-off time  has been changed from 5:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

2. Surgical biopsy fees for submissions of  "Large tissues" or "Multiple biopsies", listed in our fee guide as "More than 3 tissues or a single mass > 2 cm in diameter":

We will cut a maximum of ten slides per case unless you specify on the submission form that you would like the pathologist to cut as many sections as needed, irrespective of the cost.  You will be consulted  IF additonal slides are needed and the charge for each additional slide will be $11.55 per slide (plus GST).

Dr. Brendan O'Connor, Diagnostics Manager, PDS.