169 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone: (607) 798-5216
The Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories provides a full
range of laboratory services to inpatients and Emergency Department
patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outpatient services are
available as listed below under Patient Service Centers. Laboratory
services are also available to nursing homes, adult care homes, health
department clinics, and community blood screening programs.
Anatomic
Pathology includes Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, and Autopsy
Pathology. Clinical Pathology includes the Blood Bank, Chemistry,
Hematology, Urinalysis, Microbiology and Immunology. Measurements and
examinations in both the Anatomic and Clinical Pathology areas are
performed by certified Medical Technologists, Medical Lab Technicians, and
Histotechnologists and Cytotechnologists.
Services available include
Outpatient Blood Draw (see Patient Service Centers) - Cholesterol Screening
- ThinPrep Pap testing for Cervical Cancer Screening
- Home draw blood collection for homebound patients
- Fine Needle Aspiration
Outpatient Blood Draw
Patient Service Centers and hours of operations for outpatient blood
draw services:
Lourdes Hospital
169 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905
607-798-5216
(Call 798-5286 to pre-register for this site. If not pre-registered,
please go to Admitting first)
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Sat & Sun: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Holidays: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Lourdes Medical Office (No children
under 12 years)
Suite 102, 169 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905
607-798-5094
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Patients with STAT orders should go to main lab
State-of-the-Art Cervical Cancer Screenings
The ThinPrep® Imaging System
provides increased screening productivity and improved diagnostic performance to
benefit women in the Southern Tier.
The ThinPrep® Imaging System
combines revolutionary imaging technology with human interpretive expertise to improve
cervical cancer screening efficiency and performance.
Lourdes
is the only lab in the
Binghamton
area to use the ThinPrep® Imaging System. The hospital has been offering
the ThinPrep® Pap Test since 1997 and will leverage the ThinPrep® Imaging System
as an enhancement to ThinPrep® Pap Test’s improved slide preparation for all cervical
cancer screenings.
“Lourdes
is committed to providing patients with the best new technology to detect disease
early. The ThinPrep® Imaging System
enables us to do that,” said James Terzian, M.D. of Twin Tier Pathology Associates.
“Using the ThinPrep® Imaging System offers significant improvements over previous
screening technologies. We have verified that this innovative System increases sensitivity
in the detection of abnormal cells. Making this technology the standard in our practice
was simply the right thing to do.”
The ThinPrep® Pap Test is approved
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as “significantly more effective”
than the conventional Pap smear for the detection of cervical abnormalities and
is the most widely used Pap test in the
U.S.
The ThinPrep® Pap Test is a liquid-based test that employs a fluid medium to collect
and preserve cervical cells. The ThinPrep® Imaging System is the first fully integrated,
interactive computer system that assists cytotechnologists and pathologists in the
primary screening of ThinPrep® Pap Test slides. Using a complex algorithm, the System’s
computer pre-screens a slide and identifies the most abnormal cells, allowing cytopathologists
and cytotechnologists to focus on the most important fields of view.
This feature allows for decreasing the false negative rate and provides more
sensitivity to detect positive results.
Pediatric Blood Draw Service
In order to
put children and their parents at ease, the Lourdes Laboratory now offers a Pediatric
Phlebotomy Service.
A special room decorated in a Disney theme and donned with stuffed
animals is set aside, with a specially designated lab technologist for children
who need their blood drawn. Parents or guardians of pediatric patients may call
Lourdes Laboratory from 8 am – 5 pm weekdays at 798-5216 to make a blood draw appointment.
Appointments will be scheduled from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdays. Once the appointment
has been made through the laboratory, the patient must also call Lourdes Registration
at 584-5515 to register for the blood draw.
Accreditation
The Laboratory is accredited by the New York State Department of Health
(NYSDOH) and College of American Pathologists (CAP).
Medical Direction
Medical direction for the laboratory is provided by four
board-certified pathologists
Dr. James Terzian, Medical Director, Board Certified in
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Forensic Pathology
Dr. Robin Eastman-Abaya, Assistant Medical Director, Board
Certified in Anatomic Pathology, and Clinical Pathology with special
training in Hematopathology
Dr. Kazuko Nitta, Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology
Dr. Zarina Hernandez-Schipplick, Board Certified in Anatomic
Pathology and Clinical Pathology, with special training in Fine Needle
Aspiration.