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laboratory services
Quality testing you can trust
When your doctor needs lab results fast, you can trust Rome Memorial Hospital to get the job done. We are able to analyze most specimens from our five collection centers at our two medical laboratories in Rome, which decreases the amount of time it takes to get results. For many tests, we can get results to your doctor in less than two hours.
A pathologist and our technical staff are available 24-hours a day to ensure availability of quality diagnostic services in an emergency.
convenience We understand that you are busy and want easy access to health care services. Rome Memorial Hospital has five collection centers in Rome and Boonville for your convenience. Some of the sites have early morning, evening and weekend hours to fit your schedule.
With your physician’s order, you can choose any of the following locations for your lab tests:
Rome Memorial Hospital 1500 N. James St., Rome .................................. 338-7044 Mon-Fri, 6 am-5pm, Sat 8am-noon
Rome Medical Group 1801 Black River Blvd., Rome............................ 339-6112 Mon-Fri, 7am-7:30pm, Sat & Sun 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-noon
Rome Medical Plaza 1617 N. James St., Suite 700, Rome................... 339-3820 Mon-Fri, 7am-3pm
Beeches Office Park Turin Road, Rome.............................................336-0539 Mon-Fri, 7am - 3pm
Boonville Family Care 13407 State Route 12, Boonville......................... 942-2095 Mon-Fri, 8:30am-3pm
appointments Most lab tests are performed on a walk-in basis and do not require an appointment. The exceptions include: three-hour glucose tolerance test or drug screening. Both of these tests require an appointment. Your doctor’s office can make the arrangements or you can call Centralized Scheduling at 338-7338.
Please remember to bring the doctor’s order for your lab work with you to the collection center.
fasting For accuracy, many lab tests require that you do not eat or drink for a specified time period before the blood or urine specimens are collected. Please follow your doctor’s instructions concerning fasting.
when you need lab work, choose rome memorial hospital
Patients always have a choice where they go for healthcare services. Our patients put their trust in the hospital. At Rome Memorial Hospital, the people taking care of you are well trained in what they do. The five supervisors in the lab have approximately 125 years of combined experience.
Although the technologists rarely see the patient, they know that the work they do in the lab makes a difference in the patient’s life.
Because of our staff’s commitment to quality, the hospital’s lab earned accreditation without any recommendations for improvement from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) during its 2006 bi-annual survey.
To earn JCAHO’s Gold Seal of Approval TM, the laboratory is required to comply with nearly 300 standards related to quality control, safety, infection control, leadership, management of human resources, management information, ongoing performance improvement activities and other issues.
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