Laboratory
Lab Services
Hours of Operation
Hours Of Operation for emergency department:
07:00 – 20:00 MON-FRI
08:00 – 16:00 SAT-SUN
Inpatient Collections: 8:00 and 14:00 only.
STAT collections only outside these times.
Out-patient Department (clincs): 08:00 – 15:00 Mon-Fri.
Call-Backs: for life-threatening emergencies only
Only one technologist is on-call after-hours.
Please note, lab staff do not get a day off post-call. They work a full shift before being on-call and they are required to work a full shift after being on call. Please, be respectful of their time and efforts.
Lab Testing
Only STAT TESTS will be performed after-hours, while any other test will be performed the following day with the regular bloodwork.
Stats Tests Performed On Call-Backs
LYTES
LFT’S, GGT, LIPASE,
RFT’S
GLUCOSE
B-HCG (for ectopic only)
CBC
DRUGS (gentamycin is not a STAT test and will be performed during regular hours)
ETHANOL
INR, APTT, D-DIMER (qualitative only)
TROPONIN, CK
If you require a test to be performed “before lab closure”, please advise the staff at least one hour before closing time.
Repeat tests that do not need to be performed right away can be collected by the attending nurse and sample will be processed the next morning.
Please note that in the event of a difficult collection, lab staff will attempt 2 venous collections, and if unsuccessful, it is up to the physician to perform blood collection for lab testing. Otherwise, lab staff will collect a capillary sample for basic chemistry and hematology testing only.
Microbiology
Our facility is limited in processing microbiology samples and only the following are performed on-site:
Fasting Bloodwork
Please ensure your patients know if they have to be fasting for 12 hours for lipid profile (if fasting required) and 8 hours for glucose fasting.
Referral Testing
Any other sample is sent to Dynalife and requires a blue requisition:
Throat swabs
Urine culture
CSF culture
Blood culture
Genital-prenatal (GBS)
Genital swab for vaginosis (wet mount and gram only, no culture).
As we have no control over the external processing of the samples, we cannot provide an estimate on the turnaround time for external specimens. Should you want to check on the status of a referral test, please contact Dynalife directly at: 1-800-661-9876.
Pathology and Cytology
Please fill all requisitions as completely and as precisely as possible with date and time of collection.
If any information is missing (ex: site of collection), the reference lab will call us back, but we cannot provide this information if it is not indicated on the requisition.
Make sure your name is clearly indicated if you want to receive the results in your mailbox.