New ProteoGenix Clients

Given the acute nature of intraamniotic infection (IAI) and the need for rapid availability of diagnostic testing results, please contact ProteoGenix Client Services prior to sending your first specimen for testing.

This initial contact will allow ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory to establish you in our systems as a new client, including understanding how you would like to arrange for pickup and shipment of specimens from your facility and how you would like to receive your test results. ProteoGenix works individually with each client based on your preferences to facilitate expedited specimen pickup, shipping and test resulting. You can download a copy of the one-page “Client Information Sheet” by selecting the button below.

You can also click on the button below to download the ProteoGenix "Terms and Conditions" that describes test pricing and general terms and conditions under which ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory provides diagnostic testing services.

If you are a healthcare professional and have been established as a client by completing the ProteoGenix "Client Information Sheet", you can order tests from the ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory by following the instructions below:

1. Complete the ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory Test Requisition form.

2. When your specimens are ready for pickup, call ProteoGenix at 888-429-7935 and fax the completed ProteoGenix “Clinical Laboratory Test Requisition” form to (714) 429-7853.

3. Specimens will be picked up at your facility and shipped to the ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory via expedited delivery utilizing commercial delivery services (FedEx, UPS, etc.) based on your preference.
   
   For healthcare professionals within the following Southern California geographic area: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, a ProteoGenix contracted courier will typically pick up specimens shortly after you have phoned ProteoGenix Client Services to request pickup, based on your location and preferences.
   
   For healthcare professionals and hospitals located outside of the Southern California counties described above, specimens will be picked up and transported to the ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory via commercial delivery services based on your preference.

4. Specimens received at the ProteoGenix Clinical Laboratory in Costa Mesa, California by 12:00 PM (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday, will have results available by 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) that same day.
   
   Specimens received after 12:00 PM (Pacific Time), will have results available by 12:00 PM the following day. Specimens received after 12:00 PM on Friday will have results provided by 12:00 PM the following Monday.

Beginning in January 2010, ProteoGenix plans to expand operations to provide broader availability and even more rapid turnaround time.

For more detailed information, please refer to the "Test Information Summary" for each test that appears under the "Test Menu". Results for the Amniotic Fluid 16S rDNA by Endpoint PCR, Amniotic Fluid Glucose, and Amniotic Fluid Gram Stain Tests will be available same day or next day as described above based on time of specimen receipt.

Results for Amniotic Fluid Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacterial culture and Amniotic Fluid Mycoplasma/Ureaplasmasp culture tests will be available within 72 hours from receipt of specimen.

Questions

Please contact Client Services for any questions you may have when completing the ProteoGenix order form or how to submit a specimen.

email: clientservice@proteogenix.com
phone: (888) 429-7935