Laboratory Services

We offer a full-service, professional lab with both walk-in and scheduled hours to meet your needs.

Hours

Walk-ins, no appointment necessary:

• Monday through Friday, 7:00am-4:00pm
• Saturday, 8:00am-11:00am

Appointments:

• The laboratory has some flexibility in scheduling appointment times. Patients who cannot make the walk-in hours need to call and make an appointment. Appointments can be made during walk-in hours and after hours by special request.

Staff

The Hospital's Medical Technologists are nationally registered with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (MTASCP). They have been part of the Hospital's family for two to three decades.

• Kathy Smith Lab Supervisor, BS, MTASCP, has a Bachelor of Science degree from Saginaw Valley State University and has 20 years of lab experience. She has been an employee at Deckerville Community Hospital for 20 years.
  
• Calvin Krajniak, MLT(ASCP) Medical Laboratory Technician
• Julie Angel, MLT(ASCP Medical Laboratory Technician
• Noreen Ubaldo, BSMT(RMT)
  

In addition to the Medical Technologists, trained phlebotomists staff the Laboratory Draw Room.

• Joyce Susalla, Phlebotomist and received her training from Great Lakes College in 1999, and has been with the hospital since 1999.

• Renée Stacer, Phlebotomist and received her training from Davenport University in 2003, and has been with the hospital since 2004.
  
• Sarah Rudgers, Phlebotomist
  

Professional and Compassionate: Providing for all of your lab needs!

For more information, contact Kathy Smith at 810-376-2835.

Moving Forward: A DCH Laboratory Update

The Laboratory has undergone many changes in the past few months. With a renewed focus on customer service, technology and future growth, it was time to look at new equipment. We started with replacement of the chemistry analyzers and decided the Dimension Expand from Dade Behring fit our criteria. The Dimension offers a test menu that allows us to perform all our chemistry testing on one analyzer, therefore improving efficiency. In addition, we are able to bring the send-out tests on site. By doing so, we will decrease turn around times

Kathy Smith, MT(ASCP), went for a week of training in July and with help from the vendors, the Dimension Expand went live on August 3. We are streamlining our outpatient flow process with the goal of reduced patient wait times and increased patient satisfaction.