Laboratory

HIGH QUALITY PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY SERVICES

Our laboratory operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure your tests are processed in a fast, effective way. Our lab is certified by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to perform high complexity testing and we are accredited by:

College of American Pathologists (CAP)
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
The Joint Commission

The Outpatient Lab is where you come for a blood draw and other routine tests. The registration and waiting area is located in Radiology within the hospital. If you have any questions, call our laboratory staff 715-717-4232.

Schedule an appointment for your lab work.

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Just log in and find “schedule an appointment” under menu. You’ll need to choose the location, answer a few questions, select the day and time and then you’re all set. No referral needed!

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Services

We perform more than 500,000 tests each year, including comprehensive services in:

chemistry
coagulation
hematology
immunology
microbiology
pathology
transfusion
urinalysis

Helping the region

We are the first in the region to offer advanced on-site lab tests to detect the DNA in MRSA, a bacterium responsible for several kinds of dangerous infections.

The Clinical Laboratory Science Program at Sacred Heart

What is the Clinical Lab Science Program?

This is a clinical practicum lasting nine months that’s completed at Sacred Heart Hospital through an affiliated university baccalaureate degree program in Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science. Sacred Heart Hospital’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program accepts four students annually for the clinical practicum.

The practicum provides professional education by laboratory professionals and physicians, including didactic and clinical laboratory experiences.
It seeks to instill students with professional attitudes, leadership skills, technical expertise and a dedication to the field of Clinical Laboratory Science.
The program begins the first week in September and continues through the end of May

Patient and Provider Fact Sheets for COVID-19 Testing

HSHS Laboratories are proud to be the local laboratories that provide COVID-19 testing to the community. Tests are collected at a Prevea Health location and sent to HSHS laboratories for analysis. Below are Patient and health care provider fact sheets for emergency use authorization Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) testing.

For Patients

PCR
Aptima® SARS-CoV-2 assay
Simplexa™ COVID-19 Direct
Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2
Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV

For Health Care Professionals

PCR
Aptima® SARS-CoV-2 assay
Simplexa™ COVID-19 Direct
Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2
Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV