The Division of Laboratory Medicine is housed within BMC’s Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and is affiliated with the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. The division is divided into multiple sections, each with its own medical director and technical supervisor.
Laboratory Medicine is responsible for:
- All clinical laboratory testing throughout BMC
- Assuring appropriate test reliability
- Laboratory information systems
- Oversight for point-of-care testing
- Reference laboratory referrals
- Result reporting
- Specimen collection
Hours of Operation
STAT Testing: 24/7
STAT turnaround time is one hour or less from time of receipt in the laboratory.
Non-Stat Testing
The schedule varies with the complexity and frequency of non-STAT testing. Routine turnaround time is six hours or less from time of receipt in the laboratory.
Contact Us
Laboratory Phone List
- Main Lab, 670 Albany Lab: 617.414.4060
- Main Lab Blood Bank: 617.638.7844
- Menino Blood Bank: 617.414.4141
- Menino Blood Gas Lab: 617.414.4067
- Microbiology: 617.638.7890
The main laboratory has 24/7/365 staffing. Please call 617.414.4054 to contact the laboratory.
- Office hours for the laboratory are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. During these hours, please call 617.638.7800.
- Administrative leadership is always available on call:
- Phone: 617.638.5795
- Pager: #1027
- Pager: #6650
- The Laboratory Medicine resident is on call at 617.638.5795 or pager #4564.
Fact Sheets for Laboratory EUA Testing
Patient fact sheets are available for COVID-19 tests that have only been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration under an emergency use authorization (EUA). These fact sheets should be given to patients who undergo testing in BMC labs.
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