Welcome to ARUP Pediatrics
Why do so many children’s hospitals in the United States use ARUP as their reference laboratory?
Commitment to Pediatric Patient Care
Our commitment to children’s health prompted ARUP to initiate the Children’s Health Improvement through Laboratory Diagnostics (CHILDx®) study more than a decade ago. The study established laboratory reference intervals for a variety of analytes for pediatric patients. Thus far, we have completed 92 percent of the 6,000 specimens needed to reach our goal and commitment to this special group of patients.
ARUP Laboratories provides quality care for pediatric patients and offers one of the most extensive reference laboratory test menus available today.
Approximately one-tenth of ARUP’s testing is performed on samples collected from patients between the ages of newborn to 18 years. Small sample volumes can pose a challenge for the clinical laboratory, but ARUP is able to process and test these samples with no delays.
ARUP lists minimum volume requirements for many common pediatric tests in its Laboratory Test Directory; these volume requirements have been established with the constraints of pediatric sample volume in mind.
