Partner Updates- Services

• Jan 23, 2026
  Service Update: Blastocystis reporting from diarrheal stool specimens
• Jan 16, 2026
  Updated Cytology Reports – Manitoba 
• Jan 07, 2026
  Important Notice: Temporary Relocation of Services
• Dec 15, 2025
  Changes to CBC Instrumentation - Manitoba
• Dec 01, 2025
  Changes to CBC Instrumentation - Ontario
• Nov 19, 2025
  Semen Analysis Testing Update
• Nov 05, 2025
  Service Update: Reporting Group A Streptococcus Isolates from Wound Specimens
• Oct 30, 2025
  Service Update: Addition of Candida auris Surveillance Screening to Dynacare Testing Menu 
• Oct 20, 2025
  Summary of Test Utilization Management Initiatives in 2024 - Ontario
• Oct 14, 2025
  Update to Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Reporting – Paired Results Reporting
• Sep 17, 2025
  Supporting Filming Requests While Protecting Privacy
• Sep 16, 2025
  Updated Histology Reports
• Sep 11, 2025
  Update to SHBG testing – British Columbia
• Aug 25, 2025
  Change in HbA1c Reporting Limit
• Jul 23, 2025
  Resumption of Urine Oxalate Testing
• Jul 22, 2025
  Introducing Hydroxychloroquine Drug Monitoring: Now Available at Dynacare
• Jul 16, 2025
  Temporary Suspension of Urine Oxalate Testing
• Jun 22, 2025
  Changes to Urine Broad Spectrum Toxicology Panel Test
• Jun 19, 2025
  Changes to Cryoglobulin and Cryofibrinogen Test Requests
• Jun 10, 2025
  New Test Codes for Ordering Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis Effective June 23, 2025 - (QC Only)
• May 26, 2025
  Change to Insulin Collection Instructions - (ON Only)
• May 23, 2025
  Important Update re. Postal Service Disruption
• May 21, 2025
  Change to Bioavailable Testosterone testing - (BC Only)
• Apr 22, 2025
  Change to Insulin Collection Instructions - (ON Only)
• Apr 21, 2025
  Kidney function laboratory test reporting updates in Quebec - (QC Only)
• Apr 03, 2025
  Update to serum lithium therapeutic range
• Mar 31, 2025
  Change to Blood Collection Tubes for Steroid Hormones
• Feb 25, 2025
  Update to chemical and microscopic urinalysis instrumentation - (ON Only)
• Feb 19, 2025
  Change to hepatitis serology and Lp(a) testing - (BC Only)
• Feb 13, 2025
  Changes to Trace Element Testing
• Feb 07, 2025
  Process Update: ordering tests for sexually transmitted infection (STI) during a cervical screening visit - (ON Only)
• Dec 17, 2024
  Ontario and Manitoba: Change to Blood Collection Tubes - (ON and MB Only)
• Nov 25, 2024
  Important Update re. Postal Service Disruption for Ontario Clients - (ON Only)
• Nov 15, 2024
  Important Update re. Postal Service Disruption
• Oct 28, 2024
  Change to Hereditary Cancer Screening Service
• Sep 27, 2024
  Process Update: Addition of Primary Human Papillomavirus Testing with Reflex Cytology for Quebec Clients - (QC Only)
• Sep 24, 2024
  Changes to STAT Urine Stick and STAT Urine Pregnancy onsite testing at Manitoba Laboratory Health Service Centres - (MB Only)
• Sep 13, 2024
  Dynacare Manitoba Semen Analysis - (MB Only)
• Sep 12, 2024
  Summary of Test Utilization Management Initiatives in 2023 - (ON Only)
• Aug 29, 2024
  Change to Insulin test ordering - (BC Only)
• Aug 19, 2024
  Changes to Ferritin Reference Intervals - (ON, QC & MB Only)
• Aug 09, 2024
  Update to HIV Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing Confirmation for Insurance Clients
• Aug 01, 2024
  Changes to Occult Blood Testing – ON Only
• Jul 29, 2024
  Change to Routine Chemistry and Immunoassay Testing Platform - (BC Only)
• Jul 19, 2024
  Changes to Immunohematology Testing
• Jul 08, 2024
  Centralization of CBC testing in the Okanagan - (BC only)
• Jul 05, 2024
  Update from Dynacare Genetics and Specialty Services: New Shipping Label for “Exempt Human Specimen”
• Jul 04, 2024
  Discontinuation of Post-vasectomy testing: Penticton - Ellis St. Laboratory and Health Services Centre
• Jun 28, 2024
  Changes to Lupus Anticoagulant Testing - (ON & QC only)
• May 13, 2024
  Update to Serum Amyloid A (SAA) Testing: Collection now Available in Dynacare LHSCs in Ontario and Quebec
• May 02, 2024
  Discontinuation of Prenatest® Prenatal Screening Test (QC only)
• Apr 24, 2024
  Changes to Trace Element Testing
• Apr 04, 2024
  Kidney function laboratory test reporting updates in Ontario
• Mar 18, 2024
  Mid Steam Urine Sample Collection, Procedure Change - (MB only)
• Jan 18, 2024
  Genecept Assay® Name Change and Improved Features
• Jan 02, 2024
  Laboratory Developed Tests
• Dec 19, 2023
  Changes to acetylcholine receptor antibody, leptin and insulin antibody testing
• Dec 15, 2023
  Dynacare Forensic Toxicology Lab in London earns ISO 17025 Accreditation
• Dec 15, 2023
  Manitoba lipid reporting update
• Dec 06, 2023
  Testing Update: Implementation of Infectious Diarrhea Panel and FecalSwab Collection Devices for Detection of Enteric Pathogens - (BC only)
• Nov 27, 2023
  Testing Update: Standardization of Fungal Culture and Microscopy Requests
• Nov 17, 2023
  Resumption of Urine Oxalate Testing
• Nov 13, 2023
  Change to Collection Tube Requirement for Complete Blood Count and Hemoglobin A1c - (ON Only)
• Nov 01, 2023
  Change to Blood Collection Tubes, Devices and Needles - (ON & MB)
• Oct 23, 2023
  Testing Update: Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) and Culture Co- testing Requests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae - (ON Only)
• Oct 18, 2023
  Interpretation Guide: Immunoassay-based Urine Drug Screening
• Oct 11, 2023
  Resumption of Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin Laboratory
• Sep 18, 2023
  Quebec: Discontinuation of ANCA Indirect Immunofluorescence
• Sep 18, 2023
  Ontario: Changes to Community-Based Funding of anti-CCP and ANCA and Discontinuation of ANCA Indirect Immunofluorescence
• Sep 18, 2023
  Resumption of additional services for Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin (QC Only)
• Sep 15, 2023
  Temporary Suspension of Urine Oxalate Testing
• Sep 05, 2023
  Testing Update: Modification to Reporting Colony Counts for Urine Culture - (MB Only)
• Sep 01, 2023
  Update on Resumption of Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin (QC Only)
• Aug 29, 2023
  Food IgG Antibody Test Report is Now Available to Patients on Dynacare Plus
• Aug 25, 2023
  Update – Resumption of additional services for Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin (QC Only)
• Aug 24, 2023
  Changes to Trace Element (Metal) Testing
• Aug 24, 2023
  Dynacare Manitoba: Introduction of automated detection of hemolyzed, icteric, and lipemic samples - (MB Only)
• Aug 24, 2023
  Summary of 2022 test utilization management initiatives - (ON Only)
• Aug 18, 2023
  Partial Service Level Resumption for Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin (QC Only)
• Aug 04, 2023
  Discontinuation of RBC cholinesterase testing and change in serum cholinesterase testing
• Aug 01, 2023
  Testing Update: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Process Change for Perinatal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) - (BC Only)
• Jul 21, 2023
  Temporary Slowdown impacting Turnaround Times and Reduced Service Times in the Microbiology Culture Services - Dobrin (QC Only)
• May 24, 2023
  Change in Methodology for Anti-Epileptic Drug Testing: Phenobarbital, Primidone, and Ethosuximide (ON & QC)
• Mar 28, 2023
  Changes to Food IgG Test Report
• Mar 17, 2023
  Lipid reporting update - (ON Only)
• Feb 22, 2023
  Sample collection for ThinPrep® Pap Test - (ON only)
• Nov 10, 2022
  Change to Vedolizumab Testing
• Oct 06, 2022
  Update to Myeloproliferative Disorder Testing: Launch of MPL Testing Effective November 1st, 2022
• Sep 26, 2022
  Discontinuation of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Testing - Ontario and Quebec
• Aug 23, 2022
  Service Update: Transition of Wet Mount to Molecular Testing for the Routine Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection
• Aug 18, 2022
  Service Update: Expanded Test Menu for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Trichomonas Testing
• Aug 18, 2022
  Changes to Urine Broad Spectrum Toxicology Panel Test
• Aug 12, 2022
  Semen Analysis Testing Update in London - (ON Only)
• Jul 25, 2022
  Discontinuation of anti-sperm and anti-ovary antibody testing in Ontario and Quebec
• Jun 30, 2022
  OAML - Community Laboratory Service Update: Monkeypox Testing
• Jun 20, 2022
  Summary of 2021 Test Utilization Management Initiatives - Ontario
• Jun 13, 2022
  QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus Testing Platform Change
• May 30, 2022
  Temporary change to testing: 17-hydroxyprogesterone and androstenedione Ontario & Quebec
• May 27, 2022
  Service Update: Use of Swab Collection Devices for Routine Microbial Analysis at Dynacare Manitoba Laboratory and Health Services Centres
• May 25, 2022
  Service Update: Human Papillomavirus Testing Platform Change for Manitoba Private Clients