Laboratory

Laboratory

Jennie Stuart Health operates a full-service, state-of-the-art Department of Laboratory Medicine. We are open 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

A staff of about 50 professionals including pathologists, medical technologists, medical laboratory technicians, histotechnicians, phlebotomists, transcriptionists, and receptionists provide high-quality services in the following disciplines:

• Surgical pathology and cytology
• Clinical chemistry
• Clinical microscopy
• Hematology and coagulation
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Transfusion service and blood bank
• Specimen collection

Accredited by the College of American Pathologist (CAP) since 1980, the main campus lab and Express Lab at Jennie Stuart Health’s Eagle Way campus, Hopkinsville, serves patients, physicians and other clients from seven counties.

Re-accreditation

In 2016, the CAP reaccredited the Laboratory at Jennie Stuart Health for an additional two years. Earlier that year, CAP conducted an on-site inspection of lab records and quality control procedures over the prior two years. Inspectors examined lab staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety program and record, and overall management.