Emergencies:
Please contact the hospital laboratory to arrange for emergency collections during staffed hours.
Outside of staffed hours, laboratory staff is available on an on-call basis to perform emergent testing or respond to emergent situations.
Routine Ward Collection Times:
Northern Lights Health Centre, Fort McMurray: 0630, 1000, 1130, 1330, 1530, 1800, 2100 h
Northwestern Health Centre, High Level: As ordered
La Crete Health Centre, La Crete: As ordered
St. Theresa General Hospital, Fort Vermilion: As ordered
Laboratory is unable to collect blood specimen:
If the laboratory is unable to obtain a blood specimen, the nursing unit will be informed.
The test will be cancelled with the comment, 'Laboratory unable to collect. Notification given to _____. Ward to draw.'
Medical staff will need to obtain the blood specimen if the test is required.
Laboratory staff members will not draw blood specimens from:
- Above an intravenous site
- Arterial lines
- Central lines
- Deceased patients
- Heparin locks
- Medical legal cases
- Saline locks