Outstanding Inpatient and Outpatient Care

Expertise…every step of the way.

Heart of Florida’s Clinical Laboratory serves both our inpatients (people admitted to the hospital) and outpatients. As an inpatient, our services come to you. When you visit us as an outpatient you’re escorted to our Outpatient Laboratory for your testing services, located conveniently on the first floor of the hospital.Our professional lab personnel are trained to provide accurate, timely testing. Our Board-Certified pathologists (physicians who interpret and oversee lab tests) and other registered and certified medical professionals ensure your tests are complete and your results are accurate. The lab maintains College of American Pathology accreditation.

Laboratory Specializations

Whether accessing our care as an inpatient or conveniently on an outpatient basis, our team offers varied diagnostic testing procedures and oversees our blood bank. Here is more information on each area of the lab’s specialization:

Chemistry Department

The Chemistry Department performs more than 10,000 tests annually including lipid panels (cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL and HDL), glucose testing, metabolic panels, thyroid testing, PSA, therapeutic drug monitoring and more. The Chemistry Department performs these tests daily from blood samples. Results of most tests are completed the same day.

Hematology Department

The Hematology department performs complete blood counts to diagnose infections and anemia, coagulation tests including coumadin protime tests to monitor blood clotting, and urine tests to monitor diabetes and infections.

Immunology Department

Immunology performs various tests to detect and diagnose disorders such as Strep Group A, Influenza, RSV, Mononucleosis and other conditions.

Blood Bank Transfusion Services

Heart of Florida laboratory processes units of blood, platelets and plasma daily to inpatients and outpatients. Testing includes blood typing, antibody identification, compatibility testing, therapeutic phlebotomy and outpatient blood transfusion testing.

Anatomic Pathology

Anatomic Pathology processes tissue and biopsy samples from surgical cases each year to detect tissue-related diseases including melanomas, carcinomas and neuropathies.

Preparing for Your Outpatient Visit

If you’ll be visiting the Outpatient Laboratory, please enter the hospital through the Outpatient Entrance on the South side of the facility. A map to Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center is available here. (Link to map) A registration clerk will assist you, and a representative from the Lab will escort you to the Outpatient Lab.

Fasting

Certain tests require a period of fasting prior to having your blood drawn. Ask your physician if fasting is required.  

What to Bring

Upon your arrival, we will ask you to present your doctor’s orders for the tests, insurance and ID for registration.  

Getting Your Results

Test results are always faxed to the ordering physician or can be obtained from medical records. Depending on the test, the results can take one to four days to process. Consult your physician as to how long your test results will take.

If you need to contact our medical records department, please call 863-419-2463, or go to the Contact section of the website and select Medical Records Information under Contact Reason.

To contact our Outpatient Laboratory, please call 863-419-2790.