Your doctor can learn a great deal about you and your condition by the results of tests on your blood or other cells, or special examinations of small tissue slices and the like.
Sky Lakes Medical Center Laboratory Services department provides a wide range of routine and advanced diagnostic tests promoting patient and community health. Lab professionals work with area physicians and other healthcare providers to deliver high-quality patient care through the pathology and clinical laboratory diagnostic and blood bank services.
Nationally accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Sky Lakes Medical Center's laboratory service is among the best in the region.
Besides doing a wide array of tests at Sky Lakes, the department also contracts with Mayo Clinic Laboratories for even more. This means your physician has access to some of the most sophisticated information available to help in your diagnosis and treatment.
Clinical lab services are offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Hours for the pathology area are weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with pathologists on-call after hours.