Laboratory services are available for inpatient and outpatients per your physician's order. Automated instrumentation allows for rapid testing and reporting, thus assisting your physician with diagnosis and treatment of your illness. Our lab provides comprehensive testing in the following areas: Chemistry, Hematology, Serology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Coagulation, and Blood Banking. HMC laboratory provides services to several local nursing home and physician office clinics. Drug screening and breath alcohol testing is available for individual accounts. We also provide wellness testing for local business accounts.

Laboratory Testing

Outpatient


Please report to the registration department in the Main Lobby before coming to the laboratory.
Note to the patient:
Your physician has ordered a test to be done by the laboratory which may require blood to be drawn from your vein or artery. Testing may also be performed on the following specimens:

• nasal drainage (sputum)
• urine (random or 24 hour specimen)
• stool
• wound culture
• other body fluids

Information needed for registration:

1. Order from your physician for your labwork which includes the diagnosis for the 
    testing
2. Your insurance or medical card
3. Information you will be asked:

• Date of Birth
• Social Security Number
• Employment Information
• Spouse Information
• Next of kin outside of home
  
  For Inpatient testing a representative from the lab will come to your room to obtain the specimen.
  
  Additional testing Information
  Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) analysis

This is the process of analyzing the blood that is flowing through the arteries. It is used to determine what the patient's blood pH is, how much oxygen is being used by the body and how much carbon dioxide is found in the blood stream. This gives the physician information that can be used to prescribe medications to increase the volume of of oxygen the body can use.

Testing performed in the laboratory at HMC:

Acetone, ALK Phos, Albumin, Alcohol (Blood & Breath), Amylase, ammonia, antibiotic sensitivity, antibody screen, Bilirubin (total & direct), bleeding time, arterial blood gases, blood typing, BUN, Calcium, CBC, Chloride, Cholesterol, Co2, clotting time, Coombs Direct, CPK, CKMB, Creatine Clearance, Creatine, Cross matching, Cord bloods, Differentials, Digoxin, Drug screening, Electrolytes, Fibrinogen, Glucose Tolerance, Glucose, Glucose 2hr PP, Gram Stain, GC Smear, Hemoglobin, Hemotcrit, HIV, Iron, LDH, Lipose, Liver studies, Lithium, Magnesium, Mono screening, Myoglobin, Occult Blood Stool & Gastric, Phosphorus, Platelet count, Potassium, Pregnancy (urine & serum), PSA, Protime, PTT, Reticulocyte Ct, Rh antibody, Salicylate level, Sed rate, SGOT (AST), SGPT (ACT), Sodium, Strep Screen, T3 uptake, T4, TSH, Therapeutic Phlebotomy, Total Protein, Triglyceride, Tropinin I, Uric acid, Urinalysis, D Dimer, Vancomycin level, Valproic level, Theophylline level, Dilantin level, NT pro BNP

Services available to area employers are styled to your companies needs. They include:

• Drug screening
• Wellness testing (blood sugar, cholesterol, electrolyte level, kidney, liver, PSA)