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 The North Valley Hospital laboratory offers small-hospital familiarity with the instrumentation of a large medical center. The Laboratory is College of American Pathologist (CAP) certified and CLIA certified. CAP certification is the highest-regarded laboratory recognition in the country.
The lab is a modern, state-of-the-art facility staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week for inpatient and Emergency Department patients. Outpatient hours are preferred between 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday. Arrangements for outpatient services can be made at other times by calling the laboratory staff. Lab tests require a physicians order and registration at the North or South way finding desks at North Valley Hospital before they can be performed.
The laboratory staff consists of 13 clinical laboratory scientists and six phlebotomists/laboratory assistants. It also serves several local clinics, nursing homes, Naturopathic Physicians, Chiropractors and Veterinarians. A courier service equipped to appropriately handle and store samples is used for transporting specimens to reference laboratories approved by medical staff.
 Services include, but aren’t limited to:
- Clinical chemistry
- Microbiology
- Hematology
- Immunohematology (Blood Banking)
- Urinalysis
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Blood gas analysis
- Immunology
- Serology
- Drug screens for substance abuse assessments
- Blood Bank
- Cardiac risk assessment
- Phlebotomy
The North Valley Hospital Laboratory also manages and staffs the CLIA certified laboratory in the Professional Center Clinic in Columbia Falls. Regardless of where your doctor or health care provider is located, you can have your laboratory work done at this location. The hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm (closed from 12-1 pm) Monday through Friday. The specimens are collected daily in Columbia Falls and processed through the hospital laboratory.
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| North Valley Hospital Laboratory |
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