Global capabilities
Delivering value beyond the test result
At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, laboratory medicine is about more than a test result — it’s about everything that contributes to providing answers for your patients. We develop individualized support solutions for each client that extend through all aspects of the relationship to ensure the delivery of answers, not just results.
Specialized testing areas include:
Global logistics and shipping
We develop unique relationships with each client to individualize logistics support, which is coordinated by a local team who ensures a seamless process before the first patient specimen is sent. Our specialists collaborate with packaging suppliers to create unique solutions that extend the stability of specimens traveling around the world.
These experts ensure specimens are handled carefully and efficiently through close connections to shipping carriers. The air carriers we work with are experienced with processing clinical specimens.
Optimized, expeditious processing
We recognize many medical conditions have a window of opportunity for the best possible outcomes. Our tests and processes are optimized to better serve patients and deliver results with outcomes in mind. We do not triage specimens across a network of labs or use a batch-testing business model. Result turnaround times are expedited by:
- Running tests continuously – your samples are processed alongside those from Mayo Clinic.
- A testing approach that incorporates comprehensive panels and algorithms when appropriate.
- Utilization of Lean and Six Sigma processes.
Reliable connectivity
We offer technology solutions to help our clients connect to us, including a secure online portal with interfacing capabilities that allows you to easily order tests and receive results. Our solutions include:
- Client-friendly test ordering through MayoLINK, which is available in eight languages.
- Expansive website with links to our open- access test catalog, which is updated daily and features comprehensive clinical information, including specimen requirements; clinical and interpretative information; performance; sample test reports; setup files; and pricing.
- 30 country-specific toll-free numbers.
News and updates
The latest

In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, and William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, discuss troublesome organisms making headlines.
In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to talk about how AI is impacting laboratories and pathology medicine.
PACE / State of FLIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Mark Hyde continues to share what he has learned during his 28 years of workplace consulting experience and counseling with thousands of employees concerning work topics such as stress, fatigue, burnout, retention, and joy. Both personal and workplace resilience concepts and strategies will be highlighted to maintain a healthy sense of well-being and joy.
This week's research roundup feature: Relationship between BCL2 mutations and follicular lymphoma outcome in the chemoimmunotherapy era.
In this episode of Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ “Leveraging the Laboratory” podcast, host Jane Hermansen, outreach manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, talks with outreach solutions strategists Ellen Dijkman Dulkes and Brianne Newton about key performance indicators (KPIs). KPIs for a laboratory department should include outreach-specific KPIs, which can be used to support process improvement efforts and communicate the value and success of an outreach program.
In this month's "Hot Topic," David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., reviews the role of urine testing for monoclonal gammopathies and discusses Mayo Clinic’s use of MASSFIX to replace traditional immunofixation testing.
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of Clinical Virology and Vice Chair of Practice in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, to talk about working and leading through uncertainty.
In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, and Elitza Theel, Ph.D., director of the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, talk about West Nile virus and why laboratories and the public need to be aware as mosquitoes reemerge.
This “Phlebotomy On-Demand” will discuss real-world examples of patient behavior deemed unsafe and/or disrespectful and best practices for resolution.
As supervisor of the Tissue Registry Archive, Annette Bjorheim finds purpose in her work to provide archived material for patient testing, education, and research needs.
Due to the Memorial Day holiday (recognized on Monday, May 29), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, please plan ahead.
This week's research roundup feature: Development and validation of an acute respiratory distress syndrome prediction model in Coronavirus Disease 2019: Updated lung injury prediction score.
Key performance indicators (KPIs) should be a part of every laboratory’s quality improvement plan, and that includes outreach-specific KPI metrics. Financial, internal-facing, and client-facing KPIs for outreach programs help to create a scorecard that allows a laboratory to continuously monitor and enhance its service.