The Department provides comprehensive, laboratory services directly to patients in Connecticut and also provides reference laboratory services to hospitals, large practices and institutions from much of New England and, for highly specialized services, across North America. Locally, draw stations are available at multiple locations: three locations in New Haven (Yale Physicians Building, Temple Medical Center, and Long Wharf, conveniently off/on I-95), and locations in North Haven, Guilford, and Madison. Addresses, phone numbers, hours and other information for draw stations may be found in the section "Where can I get my blood drawn?" in the Patient Information section of the web site. Your patient's test results are available by Faxing, mail and/or courier hardcopy delivery as well as through system-wide web-based electronic access including MDLink, Logician, and CCSS/Sunrise Clinical Manager. In addition to the draw stations, a stat laboratory facility operates at the Shoreline Medical Center in Guilford, providing a location at which shoreline patients can have blood drawn for test results that you may need in your office with rapid turnaround – results can be called and/or faxed as needed. All test results (inpatient and outpatient, regardless of which of our facilities they are performed at) are integrated into the on-line electronic systems and with all inpatient results. Our Laboratory Manual is available on-line and also in an indexed Palm OS version for your PDA. We welcome inquiries from your office regarding our services, establishment of drop-boxes ('milk boxes') for sample pick-up at your office by our couriers, help with getting onto MDLink and other YNHH System electronic resources, and phone consultations with our clinical pathologists regarding interpretation of tests performed by our laboratory on your patients. Our outreach coordinator, Ms. Patricia Gelineau, can be reached at 203-688-9979 (New Haven) or at 800-305-3278 (toll-free). She can also be reached by email at: laboutreach@ynhh.org. The Director of outreach, Dr. John McClaskey MD, is similarly available through the 800 number.

The clinical laboratories are divided into several major sections: chemistry, hematology, immunology, microbiology, virology, molecular diagnostics and the transfusion medicine clinical services (blood bank and apheresis unit).

Blood Bank/Pheresis Chemistry Frisbee Laboratory Hematology		Immunology Microbiology Molecular Diagnostics Virology

If you have access to the YNHH MDLink system, you can access laboratory and other data by clicking below:

MDLink Access (requires 'subscription' to YNHH MDLink)

The Laboratory Manual is available in HTML, PDF and Palm OS™ versions and other data by clicking below:

Laboratory Manual

Further information for patients and information concerning insurance, draw stations and referral of laboratory work is included in our Info for Patients section.