The hospital-based laboratory is accredited by The Joint Commission, and we maintain our certificate of accreditation from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Below is a list of laboratory services we are fully certified to provide:

• Microbiology including bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, and virology
• General Immunology
• Routine Chemistry
• Urinalysis
• Endocrinology
• Hematology
• Immunohematology including ABO & Rh Group, antibody transfusion, and compatibility testing
• Histopathology
• Molecular Biology
• Serology

In addition, our hospital-based laboratory also provides the following services to its patients:

• DOT and non-DOT urine drug screen sample collection and testing
• Breath alcohol testing
• Sample collection and processing for paternity testing
• Sample collection and processing for special federal, state and local governmental or private agencies

The Southwest Health Laboratory Services is operated under the supervision of the Laboratory Director, who is qualified by education and experience as stated in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Code of Federal Registry and The Joint Commission standards and is served as a Clinical Consultant.

The Southwest Health Laboratory Services is staffed by highly skilled technical and support personnel. Laboratory personnel include directors, supervisors, coordinators, phlebotomists, and testing personnel that are certified by the American Association for Clinical Pathology or other professional organization as medical technologists, medical laboratory scientists, and medical laboratory technicians.

The Platteville Family Medicine Laboratory and the offsite labs in Cuba City, Darlington, and Kieler offer CLIA-waived testing. This includes:

• Whole blood glucose testing
• Urine dipstick testing
• Urine pregnancy screen
• Hemoglobin and hematocrit
• Stool occult blood testing
• Strep A
• Influenza
• SARS-COV-2

If a patient has received an order for lab work from a Family Medicine provider, they need to stop at the Registration Desk to check in or make an appointment for the needed lab work before leaving Family Medicine.