Redington-Fairview General Hospital's Laboratory is a CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) accredited, full-service laboratory in a small community hospital located in Skowhegan, Maine. The laboratory is staffed by highly qualified professionals 24-hours a day to provide service for inpatients, outpatients, and the emergency department.
The laboratory strives to provide high quality laboratory testing in a timely manner. Clinical pathology services provided onsite include:
- immunohematology
- coagulation
- hematology
- microbiology
- urinalysis
- serology
- chemistry
Testing not performed onsite is referred to CLIA accredited reference laboratories. Our primary reference laboratories include:
- Quest Diagnostics (Marlborough, MA)
- Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory (Augusta, ME)
- Mayo Clinic Laboratories (Rochester, MN)
- Nordx (Scarborough, ME)
Pathology services and Laboratory Directorship are provided by Dahl Chase Pathology, Assoc. (Bangor, ME)
The clinical laboratory and outpatient department completed renovations in August 2014, utilizing a LEAN approach in its design. As a result, core laboratory departments are now located adjacent to each other in an open concept model, and there is improved privacy for patients in the outpatient department.