The laboratory at NGH is fully staffed from 07:00h to 24:00h Mon-Fri and 07:00-23:00h weekends and holidays. Call back services are offered between the hours of 23:00h and 070:00h to meet urgent and emergent laboratory testing requirements within our full services hospital.
Services are provided by a team of eight medical laboratory technologists (MLT), 10 medical laboratory assistants (MLA), two clerical staff and a pathologist/medical director. The experienced staff utilizes modern technologies and methodologies to provide patient test results in the following disciplines:
- Chemistry
- Transfusion Medicine
- Hematology
- Pathology
- Stress Testing
- ECG
Esoteric and low volume testing needs as well as Microbiology service is provided by other laboratory partners within our Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), and Public Health Laboratories.
Contact
Barry Vermeersch
Director, Clinical Diagnostic Services
519-426-0130 ext. 1225
Laboratory Related Links:
- Certificate of Accreditation
- Laboratory License
- Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science web-site http://www.csmls.org
- College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario http://www.cmlto.com/
- Ontario Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists http://www.osmt.org
National Laboratory Week April 19-25
