Specimen Collection / Phlebotomy

INPATIENT PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES

Location:                           4^th Floor, Room 4236, University Hospital

Supervisor:                       Pager 1417

Telephone:                        434-982-1735/434-982-3181

Hours:                               Routine phlebotomy services are provided 24-hours per day, 7-days per week.

Blood collection by the Phlebotomy Team will include these schedules:

• ROUTINE (such as TODAY )

All routine laboratory orders for the 6:00am Phlebotomy team must be entered electronically by 3:05am.  Lab orders scheduled for TODAY will be released according to the following schedule:  12:05am, 3:05am, 8:05am, 12:05pm, 4:05pm, and 8:05pm.  If an order is placed to be collected NOW, it will be released immediately.  All STAT orders, central line draws, and non-blood samples will be collected by unit staff.

• TIMED (orders entered for specific times such as TODAY at 18:00)

Lab orders scheduled for TODAY at a specific time will be released at the appropriate time according to the following schedule:  12:05am, 3:05am, 8:05am, 12:05pm, 4:05pm, and 8:05pm.  Lab orders placed for patients needing a discharge by noon must have a priority of DISCHARGE PENDING.

Please see "Epic/Lab Orders Rules for Inpatient Specimen Collection."

OUTPATIENT PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES

Outpatient phlebotomy services are available at several locations throughout the Medical Center and at the Northridge Facility. All patients who present at one of these locations for specimen collections must be registered into the Medical Center Patient Access system. Specimen collection will be performed on patients only at the written or electronic request of a physician or authorized individual. See page 7 for directions for completing lab request forms. Oral requests for collection of laboratory tests cannot be honored unless accompanied by a written (FAX copy is acceptable) or electronic request.