Central Baptist Hospital's laboratory offers comprehensive clinical and anatomic testing services for inpatients and outpatients.

Services

The laboratory is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outpatients can visit one of three outpatient collection facilities for specimen collection:

• 2101 Nicholasville Road;
• 1780 Nicholasville Road; or
• the main hospital laboratory at 1740 Nicholasville Road.

Services include:

• Routine analysis in the areas of chemistry, hematology, coagulation, blood banking, urinalysis, microbiology, immunology and histology;
  
• Specialized clinical chemistry analysis, hormonal assays, therapeutic drug monitoring, CEA assays, electrophoresis studies and radioimmunology;
  
• Clinical immunology including immune function testing for the detection of antibodies to rubella (measles), varicella (chicken pox) and mycoplasma;
  anti-nuclear antibody identification; and titer, fungal serologies and direct antigen testing;
  
• Clinical microbiology studies including routine isolation, chlamydia detection, complete anaerobic capabilities, complete antimicrobial susceptibility testing, mycology, mycobacteriology and parasitology;
  
• Clinical hematology studies, including bone marrow interpretation, automated comprehensive blood count and complete coagulation analysis; and
  
• Anatomic pathology services including tissue diagnosis by light microscopy and immunohistochemical studies.

Staffing and Accreditation

Central Baptist Hospital's laboratory is staffed by board-certified pathologists specializing in the practice of anatomical pathology and laboratory medicine. Technical staff includes medical technologists, medical laboratory technicians and histotechnicians registered through the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

The laboratory is fully accredited and certified by the College of American Pathologists and the American Association of Blood Banks. It is also CLIA certified.

Outreach Services for Physician Offices

Central Baptist Hospital's laboratory can provide outreach services to physician offices with 24-hour turnaround and the capability of same day turnaround on request. Our comprehensive outreach services include courier pick-up provided Monday through Friday and physician access on-line to lab results.

For More Information

For more information about laboratory services at Central Baptist Hospital, please call our client services representatives at (859) 260-6126.