OPEN LAB
- routine procedures in different sections in the lab are
located only in large room
CLOSED LAB
- different sections the lab are located in separate room; e.g. AUFMC
REFERENCE LAB
- can handle all types
of testing
- traditional full service lab
POCT LAB
- lab testing is brought to
the patient’s bedside.
- one of the major lab tests offered is RBC monitoring.
STAT LAB
- provides rapid results
for critical lab tests such as HCTs and blood gases.
- performs stat
tests but special tests are sent to an off-site lab.
- often located in
or near emergency rooms and operating rooms.
SATELLITE LAB
- located throughout a
hospital.
- decentralization
of lab services to respond quickly to a department’s special needs
- “mini”
versions of chem, hema, and microscopy sections.
- may be
located in surgery department, critical care units, off-site clinics and out
patient’s clinic.
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