IMPORTANT: Big Changes in the Laboratory!

Effective immediately we will no longer be using St. Josephs hospital for our after hours stat laboratory testing!

All testing will be sent to LabCorp regardless of the time of day or night.

Each Nurses station has been supplied with the new LabCorp requisitions.

What does this mean to you?  How does the process change?

Essentially it’s the same process. Just with a new requisition and phone number.

1. Collect the blood specimen via a peripheral blood draw.
2. Fill out the LabCorp requisition. (make sure and mark it STAT)
3. Call LabCorp and they will send a courier to pick up the specimen. (no courier fee)
4. Results will be faxed and/or called to the nursing station.

LabCorp Phone Number

602-454-8000

There are a few specimen requirement changes, so make sure and check the Lab label for the specimen code, or refer to the newly updated Laboratory Specimen Guide that is located at each nursing station.

As always, please feel free to call the Lab with any questions

602-280-7329

or

call the On-call person after hours 623-256-2206.

National Laboratory Week

Everyone,

This week is National Medical Laboratory week.

Each year, we like to do a little teambuilding and have some fun activities, during "Lab Week". It’s a chance for us to promote our profession and for other folks to get to know us a little better.
If you get a chance stop by the lab and tell the Ladies thank you for all the hard work they do to help take care of our patients.

I am attaching photos of our "decorate a potato" contest, and we are having a celebrity baby picture contest so stop by and participate if you get a chance

Paul Pilkington
Area Director of Laboratory Services

Kindred Healthcare Arizona

News from the Laboratory!

DID YOU KNOW?

When the Lab Labels print out, each label contains a code that tells what the specimen should be collected in?

On the Right side of the testing label is a 3 letter code in bold letters.

That three letter code corresponds to the container that the test should be collected in.

Ever wonder why the side of your ProTime label says BLT?

It doesn’t mean go make a tasty sandwich.  It actually means Blue Top.

ANO	Anaerobic Swab
B/C	Bld Culture Bottles
BLT	Blue Top Tube
GRT	Sodium Heparin Green Top (Na/Hep)
GYT	Gray Top,
JUG	24-hr urine container
LAV	Lavender top tube
RED	Red Top, Plain
S/C	Sterile Specimen Container
SST	Serum Separator Tube (Yellow or Tiger)
SWB	Culturette Swab
UGR	Urine grey top
URC	Urine Sterile cup

You can see the entire list of codes in the New and Improved “Lab Specimen Guide” that is located at each nurses station.

Always feel free to call the Laboratory with any questions - 602-280-7329

New Lab Specimen Guide

Your Friendly Laboratory staff is putting new Lab Specimen Guides at each nurses station!

In order to help serve our Nursing staff and our Patients better, the Laboratory is distributing new Lab Guides to each nurses station.

These are a terrific reference that you can refer to anytime and find all kinds of useful information.

• Need to know what tube to draw? It's in there!
• Not sure how to send stuff with the courier? It's in there!
• Need to know which test to send to St. Joes after hours? It's in there!
• Not sure how to label that Blood Bank specimen? It's in there!

As always, you can call the Lab anytime at 602-280-7329

But now you have a terrific reference guide right at your finger tips!

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