YNHH Laboratory Manual

Routine blood drawing for inpatients is the responsibility of the Care Delivery Team (physicians, nurses, patient care associates) assigned to the individual patient care unit.

Outpatient phlebotomy is provided in phlebotomy areas located in the Primary Care Center, the Children's Hospital, Yale Physicians Building, and the Admission Center. Services are provided weekdays, 8AM to 4PM. Bleeding times are available by special request in advance; for inpatients >5 years through YPB phlebotomy (8-5006), and outpatient pediatric patients >5 years through Children's Hospital phlebotomy (7-1112). Bleeding times are also performed in the Admission Center for the Center, Express Admission Service, and Preadmission patients only. Bleeding times are performed weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EKG's are also provided in the Yale Physician's Building from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. during operation hours. For additional patient convenience, the additional outpatient phlebotomy - only laboratory service centers are listed below.

Yale Physician’s Building                   Long Wharf Drawstation 
800 Howard Avenue                           150 Sargent Drive         
New Haven, CT 06510                         New Haven, CT 06511      
203-688-5006                                203-688-1009      
M-F 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.                     M-F 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m
                                            Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m.  

Shoreline Medical Center Drawstation        North Haven Drawstation
111 Goose Lane                              100 Broadway
Guilford, CT 06437                          North Haven, CT 06473
203-453-7160                                203-239-0792   
M-F 7 AM-5:00 PM                            M-F 8 AM-4:30 PM
Saturday 8 AM-Noon                          Closed from Noon-12:30 PM

Temple Street Drawstation                   Madison Drawstation
40 Temple Street Ground Floor               East Shore Medical Building 
New Haven, CT 06504                         6 Woodland Road   
203-688-3183                                Madison, CT  06443
M-F 8:30 AM - 5 PM                          203-318-3580
                                            M-F 7 AM- 4:00 PM
                                            Closed 12:00 PM - 1 PM

Materials Management has the responsibility for the operation of the tube system used to deliver specimens to the laboratories. Questions regarding the tube system should be directed to Materials Management (8-2233). However, questions concerning missing or delayed specimens should be directed to the individual laboratories and/or to the laboratory specimen receiving area.

Updated: Sep-2007