25 Ancillary Services Pharmacy The Pharmacists at Evans Memorial Hospital work closely with your Physician, Nurse, and other healthcare professionals to ensure that the medications you receive are selected and administered in the safest and most effective manner. For your protection, please do not bring or take medications from home while you are in the hospital unless requested to do so. If you bring in medication from home for verification of dosages, please ask a family member to take it back home while you are in the hospital, unless your doctor has given specific orders for you to take your own medicine. If your physician writes orders for you to use your own medications, they should be given to your nurse so a pharmacist can identify them. Laboratory Most patients admitted to the hospital have laboratory tests as a routine part of their stay. The information we gather from the tests completed in our laboratory is important in helping your doctor give you the best possible care. Only your doctor can order these tests. Evans Memorial Hospital Laboratory offers the services of a fully accredited laboratory. We are licensed by the State of Georgia and accredited by The Joint Commission. We have a board-certified pathologist to meet the needs of both our patients and doctors. We provide services for both inpatients and outpatients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. We perform many tests on site. However, we also have the option of sending tests out to larger accredited reference laboratories. The phlebotomist is the person responsible for drawing a patient’s blood, collecting urine and specimens on swabs. The specimens are sent to the lab for testing. The laboratory offers services in the areas of: • Chemistry – Test for the chemicals present in blood. These tests may include cardiac enzymes, hormones, lipids such as cholesterol, blood sugar, and many more. • Hematology – Processes whole blood to do a full blood count. Provides hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood count, and platelet count. Helps diagnose and monitor infection, sickle cell disease, leukemia, and other illnesses. • Urinalysis – Test urine for many analytes. Helps to diagnose urinary tract infections, monitor diabetes, and kidney function. • Serology – Allows testing for Flu, Strep throat, Mono, RSV, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and many more illnesses.
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