Nursing Home Services
Results:
- Lab results will be electronically transmitted or hand delivered the same day of the draw.
- All critical lab values will be called to the facility.
Routine Lab Days:
- Routine lab days are scheduled around your specific needs.
- We will assign a phlebotomist to stop at your facility at a designated time. Please schedule all routine work and fasting blood work on your routine days.
- There will be a fee charged to the facility for any labs which need to be drawn on or picked up outside of the scheduled lab days.
- Phlebotomists can draw blood; nurses must obtain all culture specimens.
- Cultures will be picked up on your routine lab days, unless otherwise specified.
STAT EMERGENCY LAB SERVICES:
- A phlebotomist will come to draw a physician ordered STAT at any time.
- Any STAT orders should be phoned to the lab. The individual answering the phone will take all the information and get in touch with the proper personnel.
- The objective is to provide the quickest possible service.