Mon-Fri 8am-4pm (outpatient blood collection services for patients registered in hospital clinics only)
Last update: Jan 16, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Requisition is required
Eligibility / Target Population
People of all ages who require health and medical services
Fees
None
Languages
English
Language Notes
Interpretive services available
Area Served
Milton and area
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Accessibility Note
Paid parking
Description of Services:
Laboratory services for the Emergency Department, inpatients, and outpatients registered in one of the hospital clinics
Services include:
hematology: study of blood cells and plasma in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of a wide variety of clinical disorders, include anemia, leukemia, hereditary diseases, clotting defects and chemotherapy
biochemistry: analysis and measurement of blood and body fluids in both health and disease
Point of Care Testing (POCT): laboratory testing to be performed faster and closer to the patient, such as blood glucose monitoring
transfusion medicine: blood grouping and providing compatible blood cells and other blood products for surgery, trauma cases and supporting patients during chemotherapy and end stage disease
microbiology: a variety of specimens are tested from patients suspected of having infections for treatment and for the Infection Prevention and Control program
surgical pathology: tissue specimens removed during clinic visits, surgery and at autopsy may be processed and examined for cellular abnormalities
cytology: microscopic examination of cells collected from organs in the body to detect and diagnose precancerous changes, cancer and some infections