Accreditation & Licensure
The laboratory is accredited by:
- The College of American Pathologists Commission on Laboratory
Inspection and Accreditation
- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
- American Association of Blood Banks
- Florida Association of Blood Banks
The laboratory is licensed by:
- State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
- Laboratory Registration Certificate CLIA ID # 10D0645096
Our National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669556072.
The laboratory is recognized by the College of American Pathologists
Quality Evaluation Program and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Check Sample Program.
The laboratory is approved by the Council on Medical Education of
the American Medical Association and the National Accrediting Agency
for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.
Testing Capabilities
Most testing is performed in our state-of-the-art 25,000 square foot
laboratory on the St. Vincent's Medical Center campus. Testing availability
includes the following specialties:
- Clinical Chemistry
- Cytology
- Hematology
- Immunohematology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Microscopy
- Serology
- Special Chemistry
- Surgical Pathology
- Toxicology
Certain highly specialized or unusual tests are referred through
special networking to a reputable and fully licensed reference laboratory.
Quality Assurance
The laboratory is subject to stringent internal and external quality
control programs. A planned systematic process is utilized for monitoring,
evaluating, and continually improving the quality of laboratory services.
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