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ARUP Laboratories is a nonprofit national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory, and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, UT, it was founded in 1984. Currently its Chief Executive Officer is Edgar Braendle, MD, PhD.
With more than 3,000 employees, ARUP Lab offers in excess of 3,000 tests and test combinations, ranging from routine screening tests to highly esoteric molecular and genetic assays.
Rather than competing with its clients for physician office business, ARUP Lab supports clients’ existing test menus by offering highly complex and unique lab tests, with accompanying consultative support, to enhance their abilities to provide laboratory services.
ARUP offers diagnostic laboratory testing services to thousands of clients, including academic hospitals, children’s hospitals, multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and government facilities, and major clinics, in all 50 states. It is the reference lab of choice for more than 50 percent of the nation’s university medical centers, pediatric hospitals, and teaching hospitals.
ARUP’s clients include more than half of the nation’s university teaching hospitals and children’s hospitals, as well as regional hospital networks, multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and government facilities, and major clinics.
ARUP Lab is home to more than 60 individual labs specializing in all aspects of clinical and anatomic pathology. The test menu encompasses more than 3,000 tests, including highly specialized and esoteric tests. Comprehensive testing is offered in the areas of pathology, allergy and immunology, chemistry, cytogenetics, endocrinology, fetal risk assessment, genetics, hematology, hepatitis and HIV, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology, genetics, molecular oncology, anatomic pathology, pediatrics, and pain management, among others.
ARUP Lab performs 99 percent of all testing onsite in one central location, operating 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, and processing an average of 45,000–50,000 specimens of blood, body fluid, and tissue biopsies per day.
ARUP is a CLIA-certified diagnostic lab with more than 25 years of experience successfully supporting clinical trials. ARUP has more than 90 medical experts available for client consultation. These professionals hold faculty appointments at the University of Utah School of Medicine; many participate in care teams at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital and Primary Children’s Hospital.
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