General Laboratory Information

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• General Information
• Lab Contact List
• Scope of Services
• Directions to Outpatient Services
  • Directions to 447 Office Plaza
  • Directions to Mt Pocono
  • Directions to Ambulatory Surgery Center
  • Directions to Pocono Medical Center Hospital
• Pathology Services
• Cytology Specimen Collection
  • General
  • Respiratory
  • Fluids
  • Urine
  • CSF
  • GI Tract
  • Skin
  • FNA
• Requisition Instructions
  • Cytology Requisition
  • General Lab Requisition
  • Gynecologic Cytology Requisition
  • Surgical Pathology Requisition
• The Bethesda System for Reporting PAP Smear Results
• Phlebotomy Specimen Collection Handling
• Proper Tube Order When Collecting Blood
• General Blood Collection Tube Requirements
• Semen Collection Procedure
• Miscellaneous Body Fluid Collection
• Microbiology Collection and Handling
  • Microbiology Collection and Handling
  • Microbiology Collection and Handling Continued
• Urine Collection for Culture
• BacT Blood Culture Collection
• Micro Rejection Criteria
• Micro Critical Culture Smear Results
• General Lab Critical Values
• Panels & Profiles
• Patient Specimen Collection Procedures
  • 24 Hour Urine Collection
  • 3 Hour Glucose ATC
  • Clean Catch Midstream Voided Specimen Handout
  • Instructions for Occult Blood in Stool Specimen Handout
  • Pinworm Collection Handout
  • Stool Collection for Culture
  • Stool Collection with Preservatives for OP Handout
• Print Test Information