Lab Corp

I had lab work done here. I was able to get in right away, which I was happy about. But, what disturbed me is the person who met me at the front desk and checked me in on the computer was the same person who did the blood draw. This would not have been bad, but she did not wash her hands or use waterless hand cleaner after touching the computer, desk, phone, copier, etc. She did put gloves on after she held them wadded up in her unwashed hands hands. The room where the blood draw was taken, was not very clean. The table that she used was visible dirty and had brown chunks of something on it that looked like old food or something, was visibly dirty beyond this, and had not been cleaned. The chair I was told to sit on had dirty spots on the vinyl that looked like it had not been cleaned in a long-​time. The gauze and medical tape were sitting on the dirty table, then put on my arm, after the blood draw. I would probably not ever go back here for lab work.

I don’t know what the deal is with this place but be prepared to wait. Even if there is no one on the office. I don’t understand it. The office is usually busy in the am and right before it closes. I’ve been several times and each time I want to rip my eyeballs out. I’ve been to other lab corps and it is not like this at all. The only positive is that the people who work there are friendly. I avoid this place unless I absolutely have to come here.

Great blood draw! I’m normally pretty hard to draw from and people often have to stick me a few times to get a good draw. When I mentioned that, the nurse/​tech pulled out all the stops (used a butterfly needle, used a heating pad to get my veins to come out closer to skin, etc.) and got it in the first try. No hematoma or bruising, either.
The downside is that they’re a bit slow on the paperwork. There was no one there when I showed up and I had a 10 minute wait before getting the blood draw. All of that was just waiting for them to do paperwork and other administrative junk.

So I’m not sure what the point of being able to make appointments is for. I checked in a few minutes before my scheduled appointment time. And according to the check in list, no one else was scheduled for a specific time. It was just first come/​first serve. It was about 20 min after my scheduled time before I got in for a blood draw. There was only one person working there — both checking in and then taking people back for blood draws or whatever. That is a shame. The website says that before 10 is their busiest time, so seems to me having a second person would speed things up considerably.
That said, she did a great job (getting blood drawn is not a fav. activity) and got it on the first try.

Staff is nice and efficient, and the screening process is speedy.