One division that is common to every speciality is Laboratory Medicine. A medical lab is a space where clinical pathology tests are conducted in order to gain vital information about the patient’s health that help arrives at the right treatment plan, diagnosis, and prevention of disorders. Medical Laboratories, unlike academic laboratories that perform basic science, falls under the category of advanced applied sciences. Medical or clinical labs are built in various sizes and capabilities, and hence they offer a wide variety of services. There are specialised hospitals where almost 70% of the diagnoses depend on the reports generated by a lab. These are mostly in places that offer comprehensive healthcare services and/or acute-care clinics.
A medical laboratory scientist specialises in the undertaking of tests at the lab. The Laboratory Medicine department in most hospitals and patient-care centres are parented by the branch of Pathology, and are usually classified into two categories, which are further compartmentalised basis their utility and special care areas:
The space design for medical testing labs varies from institution to institution. Also, a clinical laboratory consists of multiple departments within itself:
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are done on clinical specimens in order to obtain information about the health of a patient pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Laboratory Medicine and the Pathology department support physicians at Aster Hospitals by performing testing services for diagnostic and therapeutic evaluations. The department also provides consultation on diagnostic problems regarding the evaluation, interpretation or correlation of clinical laboratory data and test methodology. At Aster Hospitals, we believe that patients and their families should have access to high-quality healthcare at a centre that they trust.
Laboratory speciality areas at Aster Hospitals include:
