169 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone: 607-798-5216
Services available include
- Outpatient Blood Draw
- Cholesterol Screening
- ThinPrep Pap Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening
- Home Draw Blood Collection for Homebound Patients
- Fine Needle Aspiration
Outpatient Blood Draw
Our labs welcome orders from all health care
providers.
No appointments are necessary.
Lourdes Hospital Outpatient Lab
169 Riverside Drive, Ground Floor, Binghamton
607-798-5216
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Holidays: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
For your convenience, you may
pre-register for the Outpatient Lab
by calling 607-584-5515
Monday - Thursday, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM.
The following Lourdes Primary Care Sites are open for
Lab Draws:
- Lourdes Family Practice
1130 Upper Front Street, Binghamton, 607-772-2995
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Pediatric Blood Draw Service
In order to put children and their parents at ease,
the Lourdes Laboratory now offers a Pediatric Phlebotomy
Service. A special room decorated in a Disney theme and
donned with stuffed animals is set aside, with a specially
designated lab technologist for children who need their blood
drawn.
Parents or guardians of pediatric patients may call Lourdes
Laboratory from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM weekdays at 607-798-5216 to make
a blood draw appointment. Appointments will be scheduled from
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM on weekdays. Once the appointment has been
made through the laboratory, the patient must also call Lourdes
Registration at 607-584-5515 to register for the blood draw.
Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories
The Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories provides a
full range of laboratory services to inpatients and Emergency
Department patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outpatient
services are available as listed below under Patient Service
Centers. Laboratory services are also available to nursing homes,
adult care homes, health department clinics, and community blood
screening programs.
Anatomic Pathology includes Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology,
and Autopsy Pathology. Clinical Pathology includes the Blood
Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Microbiology, and
Immunology. Measurements and examinations in both the Anatomic and
Clinical Pathology areas are performed by certified Medical
Technologists, Medical Lab Technicians, and Histotechnologists and
Cytotechnologists.
State-of-the-Art Cervical Cancer Screenings
The ThinPrep® Imaging
System provides increased screening productivity and
improved diagnostic performance to benefit women in the Southern
Tier.
The ThinPrep® Imaging System combines
revolutionary imaging technology with human interpretive expertise
to improve cervical cancer screening efficiency and performance.
The Lourdes Laboratory was the first in the area to
use the ThinPrep® Imaging System. Lourdes has been
offering the ThinPrep® Pap Test since 1997 and leverages the
ThinPrep® Imaging System as an enhancement to ThinPrep® Pap Test's
improved slide preparation for all cervical cancer screenings.
"Lourdes is committed to providing
patients with the best new technology to detect disease
early. The ThinPrep® Imaging System enables us to do that,"
said James Terzian, M.D. of Twin Tier Pathology Associates. "Using
the ThinPrep® Imaging System offers significant improvements over
previous screening technologies. We have verified that this
innovative System increases sensitivity in the detection of
abnormal cells. Making this technology the standard in our practice
was simply the right thing to do."
The ThinPrep® Pap Test is approved by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as "significantly more
effective" than the conventional Pap smear for the detection of
cervical abnormalities and is the most widely used Pap test in the
U.S. The ThinPrep® Pap Test is a liquid-based test that employs a
fluid medium to collect and preserve cervical cells. The ThinPrep®
Imaging System is the first fully integrated, interactive computer
system that assists cytotechnologists and pathologists in the
primary screening of ThinPrep® Pap Test slides. Using a complex
algorithm, the System's computer pre-screens a slide and identifies
the most abnormal cells, allowing cytopathologists and
cytotechnologists to focus on the most important fields of
view. This feature allows for decreasing the false negative
rate and provides more sensitivity to detect positive results.
Accreditation
The laboratory is accredited by the New York State Department of
Health (NYSDOH) and College of American Pathologists (CAP).
Medical Direction
Medical direction for the laboratory is
provided by four board-certified pathologists:
James Terzian, MD, Medical Director, Board
Certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Forensic
Pathology
Robin Eastman-Abaya, MD, Assistant Medical
Director, Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical
Pathology, with special training in Hematopathology
Kazuko Nitta, MD, Board Certified in Anatomic
Pathology
Zarina Hernandez-Schipplick, MD, Board
Certified in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, with
special training in Fine Needle Aspiration
Michael R. Zur, MD, Board Certified
in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
