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.

You can download a copy of our CAP Certificate and CLIA License by clicking here. This file is an Adobe PDF format.

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.