Laboratory Services for Patients in Jefferson, Northern Lewis, & Southern St. Lawrence Counties
The clinical laboratory at Carthage Area Hospital offers lab services to residents in Jefferson, Northern Lewis, and Southern St. Lawrence counties in New York. Our well-trained and experienced staff is dedicated to ensuring your visit with us is as comfortable and productive as possible. With the help of our state-of-the-art equipment, our NYS-licensed medical technologists can perform a variety of laboratory tests, yielding the most accurate results to help doctors provide the proper treatment. Find out more about the laboratory services we provide at Carthage Area Hospital.
The Importance of Lab Services
Our laboratory services, along with our staff of phlebotomists and technologists, play a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The role of our clinical laboratory is to provide physicians with reliable laboratory data. This helps our physicians better understand a patient’s medical condition and provide them with the best treatment options. Without this vital service, Carthage Area Hospital could not provide the quality and exceptional care for which we are known.
Lab Services We Offer
The clinical laboratory at Carthage Area Hospital offers patients a wide range of services in a variety of laboratory departments, such as:
- Hematology: This lab test allows our staff to examine a patient’s blood for any blood disorders that may be present.
- Microbiology: When our technologists perform this lab test, they are examining microorganisms including algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses.
- Chemistry: Used to perform a wide variety of tests, chemistry is the scientific study of elements and various compounds as they relate to the human body.
- Virology: Technologists administer this lab test to examine viruses and virus-like agents.
- Immunology: This lab exam is the study of immune system products such as antibodies produced by the body in response to foreign material.
- Endocrinology: This test is performed to better understand medical conditions involving the endocrine system.
- Transfusion services: Our staff will perform the necessary cross-match testing to ensure a patient is given a compatible blood type for their transfusion.
- Oncology: An oncology lab service helps physicians better diagnose and understand a patient’s cancer. With this information, more efficient treatment options may be available to a patient.
- Coagulation: Through this lab test, our staff will be able to see any clotting activity in the blood.
- Therapeutic drug monitoring: This test measures the amount of medication in your blood.
- Urinalysis: Through microscopic means, technologists can analyze a patient’s urine to test for certain illnesses and diseases.
- Emergency toxicology: This type of lab test determines the levels of toxic substances in a patient’s body.
- Blood pH and gasses: A blood gas test will measure the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determine how well a patient’s lungs move and remove the necessary elements from the blood.
Laboratory Services at Carthage Area Hospital
The lab services performed at Carthage Area Hospital help physicians provide patients in Jefferson, Northern Lewis, and Southern St. Lawrence counties with the best possible care and the best course of action for treatment. Our laboratory is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no appointment necessary. To learn more about our lab services and the lab tests we conduct, please contact us today.