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Women’s Health Focused Testing

DCL provides a comprehensive menu of testing and services with a unique focus on women’s health.

As a lab offering one source for all lab testing, rapid response times, and an uncommonly interactive team of professionals, DCL delivers an unparalleled level of service and care.

Credibility

A leader in women’s health care for more than 25 years:

  • Our cytopathology staff is internationally recognized and respected as experts in women’s health
  • DCL led adoption of the liquid-based Pap and served as a national training site for other laboratories
  • DCL set a standard in HPV reflex testing that was adopted by labs around the country
  • DCL developed the first CMS-approved proficiency test for cytology (Pap screening)
  • We have 7 pathologists who are board certified in cytopathology each with 10 to 20 years of experience
  • Over a 10-year period DCL has performed all Pap, biopsy, HPV, and CT/NG testing for the Gardasil® HPV vaccine clinical trials.

Capability

We identify, develop and implement new women’s health-focused testing:

  • DNA-Based GBS: 70% more sensitive – Results in 1 day
  • 5 in 1 Testing: Pap, HPV, CT, NG, HSV all from the ThinPrep vial
  • Cervical DNA Dtex: Evaluating cervical cancer risk at the chromosomal level
  • HPV Genotyping: 16/18
  • ESwab: DNA tests and Cultures from one sample
  • exCellerator: Enhancing cell transfer to the ThinPrep vial
  • VP3: Detects infectious agents responsible for 95% of vaginitis
  • Thrombophilia Panel: Factor II, Factor V and MTHFR
  • Cystic Fibrosis Panel: 40 mutation panel for CF DNA Testing
  • Prenatal Screening: Triple and Quad screens performed in-house

Collaboration

When you, as an Ob/Gyn physician, partner with DCL, you are exposed to unique opportunities.

  • You will interact with technical and professional personnel who know women’s health.
  • You will have access to the latest testing and also be the first in the country to employ valuable new testing capability.
  • You could have the opportunity to get involved in clinical trials.
  • You will have the chance to collaborate with our professional staff, as well as your peers, in an effort to shape the future of laboratory services.