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Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Laboratory Services
Associated Clinical Reference Laboratory Links
Anatomical Pathology
Microscopic Diagnostic Services
Associated Anatomical Pathology Links
Convenient Drawing Station Locations

Laboratory Medicine

The goal of our laboratory is to meet the health care needs of our patient population by maintaining high standards of proficiency testing and providing the medical staff with unlimited diagnostic tests that are timely resulted and definitively accurate.

The laboratory meets the high expectations of its accreditation agency (Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program), the standards of its proficiency testing program (College of American Pathologists), and the mandatory proficiency testing of the PA Department of Health and Center for Medicaid and State Operations grading system. The blood bank is fully accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks, receiving blood products from the Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh, and working closely with the ITxM Diagnostics of Pittsburgh to assure blood product safety, screening, and diagnostic reliability.

The laboratory director, Kerry Malloy, has 41 years of experience in orchestrating the use of the advanced technologies of today with the demands of the hospital's expectations of quality assurance of tomorrow.

Clinical laboratory testing includes the state-of-the art instrumentation with every analyte tested. More importantly, it includes the expertise of medical laboratory technologists who are highly-trained professionals that make the operation of this sophisticated laboratory run flawlessly. Their knowledge of applied human biochemistry, biology, and bacteriology helps integrate this field of laboratory medicine into specific test results that are utilized by physicians to care for their patients.

Associated reference laboratory testing is also available with comparable results and turnaround times of less than 24 hours for most analytes; and the expanded availability of such tests as fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and chromosomal analysis (Cytogenetics) are readily available.

Clinical Laboratory Services:

Hematology/Oncology
Urine analysis
Microbiology
Chemistry
Special Chemistries
Blood Gases
Coagulation Profile
Urine Drug Testing
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Blood Transfusion Services
Bi-annual Blood Donations:
Please check Community Events Calendar for dates.

Associated Clinical Reference Laboratory Links:

Associated Clinical Laboratory (ACL)
Quest Diagnostics
Nichols Institute
Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh
ITxM Diagnostics

Anatomical Pathology

Dr. Robert Jancart, a board-certified pathologist with post-doctoral fellowship expertise, directs the daily microscopic examination of surgical and cytological specimens; rendering definitive diagnoses that are used by treating physicians for the best care of their patients. Tumors are studied by the pathologist using various histochemical and immunohistochemical stains that better define the diseases studied microscopically. Skilled histology technicians provide such staining and tissue preparations that are labor intensive. Many of these stains and molecular studies are also provided by associated reference laboratories offering cutting-edge technologies and 24-to-48-hour turnaround times.

Tumor-board conferences are held biweekly and involve a dynamic interaction between oncologist, pathologist, surgeons, and primary care physicians regarding the diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients. The process includes a formal roundtable discussion with the use of digital images of tumor histology and radiographic images that all focus on our patients' healthcare needs.

Post-mortem examination is also available for ongoing studies that try to explain the diseases our patients may die from, and better prepare our next generation of doctors to meet their patients' health care needs. The post-mortem examination suite has accessory technologies that would meet the needs of a forensic pathologist.

Microscopic Diagnostic Services:

Endoscopic biopsies
Tissue core biopsies
Fine-needle aspiration
Bronchial brush/washing cytology
Urine cytology
Cerebral spinal fluid cytology
Body fluid cytology
Cervical cytology (Thin Prep/PAP)
Bone marrow biopsy/aspiration cytology
Intraoperative diagnostic consultation (frozen section)
Gross disection/microscopic diagnoses (tumor staging)
Tumor Board microscopic image/staging discussion
Extradepartmental diagnostic consultations

Associated Anatomical Pathology Links:

Cytyc
Gen Path
Genzyme

Convenient Drawing Station Locations

Grove City Medical Center Outpatient Phlebotomy
Grove City Medical Centerl, near registration office
631 North Broad Street Ext., Grove City
Monday - Friday: 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Phone: 724-450-7125
Contact: Charyn Caruso

After 6:00 PM report to Main Lab (1st floor, near Cardiovascular Pulmonary Services), open 24 hours and 7 days/week
Phone: 724-450-7129
Contact: Lab Technologist

Clintonville Health Center
208 Butler Street, P.O. Box 348, Clintonville
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Phone: 814-385-1137
Contact: Shelly Somers

Sandy Lake Outpatient Services
3260 South Main Street,
Sandy Lake
Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Phone: 724-376-3096
Contact: Caroline Grossman

Slippery Rock Outpatient Services
621 Kelly Boulevard,
Slippery Rock
Monday-Friday: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Phone: 724-794-9662
Contact: Joy Morton
(X-Ray Services Offered)