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uPSA test - Quest Labs results extended delay
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 10 8:40am | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
I have mine done in the KU Medical Center Lab formerly Olathe Health), same place where my oncologist and radiologist are.
The CBC and Metabolic panels are posted within three hours. the USPSA typically takes three to six. They do farm out the testosterone to Quest which usually posts them the next morning to their web site and t shows up on my Chart later the 2nd day. I just log in to my Quest and check it.
Funny story...I have a great oncologist. At our July consult he said he would not be here in October for a consult immediately after my labs and instructed his nurse to contact me with the results. When he left to see his next patient, the nurse looked at me and we both smiled, knowing the results would be posted to the portal and if I had any questions or concerns could call or send a message through the portal.
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Thanks for the confirmation. I was puzzled by people saying that the uPSA test takes days or weeks (rather than hours).
I suspect the reason people wait so long has more to do with logistics than pathology. How often are samples collected? How long do they take to get to the lab (is it in a different city?)? Does the lab test the samples as soon as they arrive, or do they enter a queue? Does someone have to retype the results into a different system for you to see them? How big is the typist's backlog? Are they released to you automatically, or does a doctor have to authorise it? Etc. etc.
When I was getting my uPSA test (down to 0.01) at an independent lab, I had to wait 2–3 business days for results, depending on when someone at the Cancer Centre retyped them into my online chart. Now that I've switched to getting the test at the hospital itself, I have results in 1–3 hours, because the lab is onsite and puts the results straight into the online chart.