Sierra Vista Regional Health Center:::Quality People-Quality Care

Sierra Vista Regional Health Center’s Laboratory is a full-service laboratory accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the College of American Pathologists. It is under the direction of a board-certified pathologist and has two full-time pathologists. Registered Medical Technologists and other lab professionals who assist the clinician in the diagnosis and proper management of the patient, staff our Laboratory.

The laboratory actively participates in a nationally certified Inter-laboratory survey program whereby we are evaluated in relationship to our nationwide peer group.

The usefulness of laboratory data in making clinical judgments depends upon prompt, accurate reporting of results. The procedure to generate a result consists of a series of steps or processes. A knowledgeable understanding enables the technologist to achieve near optimal conditions and further improve the accuracy and precision of each measurement.

Collection and handling, verification of patient identity, and specimen processing prior to analysis are given prime consideration. Validity of the data obtained from the specimen is highly dependent upon the excellence of laboratory staff technique, to include proper operation of equipment, use of high quality reagents, and adherence to a rigid quality control program.

The laboratory continually updates its technology to such a degree that we take a great deal of pride in being self-sufficient, and in having the ability to ensure our own quality, provide prompt patient care.

Laboratory Cool Fact: Sierra Vista Regional Health Center’s Laboratory discovered a new and rare strain of Salmonella. The strain was named Salmonella cochise , stereotype 18:b:1,7. This strain has been confirmed and recorded by the CDC, (Centers for Disease Control), and was forwarded to the International Center in Paris, France.

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