Our Services
Laboratory
The Val Verde Regional Medical Center laboratory is a 24-hour, full-service lab with day, evening and night shifts serving inpatient and outpatient needs.
Registered medical technologists
The registered medical technologists are motivated, competent and dedicated. These medical technologists are registered by the American Medical Technology Association and the American Society of Clinical Pathologist. Our laboratory has a medical director who oversees the clinical activities and a technical administrative director who oversees the testing and operations.
The following are some of the various tests that can be performed:
- Diabetic screening.
- Bleeding disorders.
- Cardiac panels.
- Liver panels.
- Lipid panels.
- Electrolyte panels.
- Testing for blood disorders.
- Prothrombim time.
- Fibrinogen.
- Chemistry panels.
Equipment
The modern equipment includes:
- Two Beckman OXC-600’s and two Beckman Accesses in the chemistry department.
- Two Bayer Advias and a ACL 6000 and a ACL 8000 in the hematology department.
- A Dade-Behring Microscan Walkaway 40 and a Bactec 9210 in the bacteriology department.
The blood bank department uses the Ortho gel system with plans to be automated in the near future.
Process
In order to obtain a specimen for testing, the patient’s physician must request the test.
Contact us
Val Verde Regional Medical Center
Laboratory
Phone: 830-778-3642
