Halton Healthcare - Georgetown Hospital

Procédé et formulaires

Requisition is required

Admissibilité / population desservie

People of all ages who require health and medical services

Frais

None

Langues

English

Notes sur la langue

Staff speaks a variety of languages * interpretive services available

Zone(s) desservie(s)

Halton Hills

Accessibilité

Accessible en fauteuil roulant

Note sur l'accessibilité

Paid parking

Description des services:

Provides laboratory services to the Emergency Department, inpatients and outpatients registered in one of the hospital clinics

Laboratory services include:

hematology: study of blood cells and plasma in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of a wide variety of clinical disorders, include anemia, leukemia, hereditary diseases, clotting defects and chemotherapy
biochemistry: analysis and measurement of blood and body fluids in both health and disease
Point of Care Testing (POCT): laboratory testing to be performed faster and closer to the patient, such as blood glucose monitoring
transfusion medicine: blood grouping and providing compatible blood cells and other blood products for surgery, trauma cases and supporting patients during chemotherapy and end stage disease
microbiology: a variety of specimens are tested from patients suspected of having infections for treatment and for the Infection Prevention and Control program
surgical pathology: tissue specimens removed during clinic visits, surgery and at autopsy may be processed and examined for cellular abnormalities
cytology: microscopic examination of cells collected from organs in the body to detect and diagnose precancerous changes, cancer and some infections

Laboratory Services