 Laboratory
Labette Health's laboratory
offers comprehensive clinical and anatomic testing services
for inpatients and outpatients. For more information
about tests that have been ordered by your physician
go to http://labtestsonline.org.
Services
The laboratory is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Outpatients can visit our outpatient collection facilities
for specimen collection at 1902 South U.S. Highway 59
in Parsons, Kansas.
Services Include
- Routine analysis in the areas of chemistry, therapeutic
drug monitoring, hematology, coagulation, blood banking,
urinalysis, microbiology, immunology and histology
- Specialized clinical chemistry analysis, hormonal assays,
CEA assays, electrophoresis studies and radioimmunology
are sent to Labcorp
- Clinical immunology including immune function testing
for the detection of antibodies to rubella (measles),
varicella (chicken pox) and mycoplasma, anti-nuclear
antibody identification; and titer, fungal serologies
and direct antigen testing
- Clinical microbiology studies including routine isolation,
chlamydia detection, complete anaerobic capabilities,
complete antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and limited
mycology, mycobacteriology and parasitology
- Clinical hematology studies, including bone marrow
interpretation, automated comprehensive blood count and
complete coagulation analysis
- Anatomic pathology services including tissue diagnosis
by light microscopy and immunohistochemical studies.
Staffing
and Accreditation
Labette Health's laboratory is staffed by board-certified
pathologists specializing in the practice of anatomical
pathology and laboratory medicine. Technical staff includes
Medical Technologists, Medical Laboratory Technicians and
Phlebotomists registered through the American Society of
Clinical Pathologists.
The laboratory is fully accredited and
certified by the College of American Pathologists, and
the American Association of Blood Banks. It is also CLIA
certified.
Outreach Services
for Physician Offices
Labette Health's laboratory can provide outreach services
to physician offices with 24-hour turnaround on a wide
variety of clinical laboratory tests and the capability
of same day turnaround on request. Our comprehensive outreach
services include courier pick-up provided Monday through
Friday and physician access on-line to lab results.
More Information
For more information about laboratory services at Labette
Health, please call our client services representatives
at (620)-820-5354. |
