ALL
PATIENTS - PLEASE NOTE:
You can now get your lab work - blood drawn or specimen dropped off - almost immediately inside the convenient covered entrance to the new BMH Outpatient Building, Mondays through Fridays, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.* (This entry is around the back side of the building, where there is ample parking on both sides of the covered entrance.) Simply come in the door and on the right you will see a large reception area where there are Patient Registration offices for all services in the Outpatient Building including the Lab.
* If you need lab services on Saturday, you still have to report through the main lobby of the hospital to register, and proceed to the lab one floor down. Saturday lab hours are 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
Once you are registered for the lab during weekdays, you'll take your paperwork to the lab window toward the far side of the reception area in the new Outpatient Building. You'll either be taken in for your test, or the clerk will suggest that take a seat to wait for your turn.
HOURS OF OPERATION / TELEPHONE NUMBERS
The laboratory is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, we are fully staffed for outpatients and routine testing as noted above.
Appointments are not necessary when coming in for laboratory testing during routine hours. However, please remember to stop by Patient Registration prior to reporting for your test.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR THE LAB:
New BMH Outpatient Building blood drawing services: 802-275-3611
Medical laboratory in the main hospital: 802-257-8311
TESTING REQUIREMENTS
The State law requires that any laboratory testing performed
can only be done when ordered by a physician or allied
health professional. Patients should have the yellow
laboratory order form that the physician has filled
out with them when coming in for testing. Make sure
the order form has your correct information on it including:
a. patient name
b. date of birth, sex
c. physician (care-giver) signature
d. tests ordered checked off or listed under "other"
e. diagnosis(es) to support medical necessity of the tests
being ordered
f. patient demographic information including social security
number and insurance information if being seen for the
first time at BMH or if the information has changed When
coming to the hospital for the testing, you must first
stop at the Patient Registration/Admitting department,
which is to your left upon entering the hospital lobby.
After registration you should proceed down to the laboratory
by going down the stairway or elevator to the basement.
Go to the Laboratory window where the staff will take
care of you, process your orders and collect the specimens
appropriate for the tests ordered. For specific instructions
on testing, click on individual patient instructions in
sidebar at left for more details.
What happens to your test results?
All patient test results are protected and confidential.
The laboratory will give out results only to the ordering
physician or allied health care professional who has requested
the test. If it was noted on the order form to send the
results to another physician this will also be done. If
the patient wants to receive the results, they must sign
an "Authorization for release of information" form.
After the physicians receive the results, they
will follow-up with you. There are many factors that affect
the results, and your health professional will be best
able to interpret them for you. |
