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Laboratory Services

When you are not feeling well, your physician will want to find out as quickly as possible what is causing your illness. You can depend on our Clinical Laboratory for fast and precise information to assist in diagnosing your illness.

Under the direction of board-certified pathologists, our highly-skilled technicians work in a modern, computerized lab. We provide a full range of services to inpatients and outpatients. Inpatient and emergency services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Within our full-service laboratory are the following departments, with a brief explanation of their varied functions:

Phlebotomy - the collection of blood from the patient;
Processing - the distribution of the specimen for testing;
Hematology - a measurement of red blood cells and blood clotting factors as well as urinalysis;
Chemistry - a test of the serum of blood for different analytes;
Microbiology - the identification of microorganisms that cause disease;
Blood Bank - typing the patient for donated blood from the Central Kentucky Blood Center.

Outpatient Services
The Medical Arts Lab is located across from the hospital at 124 Dowell Road. Services are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to noon and from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The Russell County Primary Care building services are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. When your physician recommends routine laboratory tests, you can visit either our hospital outpatient services or one of our off site physician office laboratories. This allows you to have the tests drawn when it is more convenient for you.