Laboratory Sections and Laboratory Panel Testing

Administrative Office

responds to phone calls, handles specimen collection requests, may handle some specimens.

Phlebotomy (Sample Collection)

collects samples from patients. Processes and prepares specimens for testing and/or transport.

Hematology

students the blood in normal and diseased states; usually limited to the study of cellular components of the blood (not chemistry of the blood)

Hematology Tests

Complete blood cell count (CBC), hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, sedimentation rate, body fluid cell counts.

Coagulation

students blood clotting mechanisms to aid in the diagnosis or monitoring of patient therapy.

Coagulation Tests

Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), D-dimer factor VIII, fibrinogen assay, heparin level, von Willebrand factor.

Urinalysis

study of urine to aid in patient diagnosis or to follow the course of a disease or body's metabolism

Urinalysis Tests

Urinalysis, specific gravity, urine pH, urine glucose

Chemistry

performs biochemical analysis of blood and body fluids to determine the status of the patient.

Chemistry Tests

Comprehensive metabolic panel, iron studies, renal panel, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), glucose, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), cholesterol

Microbiology

cultures samples to determine if pathogenic organisms are present in a sample and determines the organisms' sensitivity to antibiotics (culture and sensitivity)

Microbiology Tests

Blood cultures, throat cultures, anaerobic cultures, urine cultures, parasite identification, stool culture, mycobacterial (tuberculosis) culture, virus cultures, fugal cultures, genital cultures, mycoplasma cultures, antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Immunology

studies antigens and antibodies to determine immunity to disease or presence of disease.

Immunology Tests

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, rubella, syphilis (rapid plasma reagin [RPR]), hepatitis testing.

Immunohematology (Blood Bank)

Determines the compatibility of blood and blood products that are to be administered to patients.

Immunohematology Tests

compatibility testing, antibody screens or ABO, Rh determination

Cytogenetics

Studies deficiencies related to genetic diseases

Cytogenetics Tests

chromosomes analysis, prenatal chromosome screening

Molecular Diagnostics

uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technologies to study the presence of various diseases or infections

Molecular Diagnostic Tests

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, HIV and other infectious diseases.

CBC (Complete Blood Count)

White blood cell (leukocyte) count and differential white count; red blood cell (erythrocyte) count; hematocrit; hemoglobin; red blood cell indices (corpuscular volume [MCV], mean corpuscular hemoglobin [MCH], mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration [MCHC], and platelet [thrombocyte] count)

Electrolyte Panel (Lytes)

Sodium, potassium. chloride, and carbon dioxide (CO2)

Hepatic Function Panel

Total protein; albumin; total and direct bilirubin; alkaline phosphatase; AST (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SOT]); and ALT (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT])

Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)

Sodium potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide (CO2), glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), calcium, and creatinine

Renal Panel

Sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide (CO2), glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), calcium creatinine, phosphorous, and albumin

Lipid Panel

Cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)

Glucose, BUN, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, carbon dioxide (CO2), albumin, total protein, alkaline, phosphatase, AST, ALT, and total bilirubin.