Listed for your information are CKHS Laboratory Services hours of operation, phone numbers, tests with standard required reflexes, as well as critical and urgent laboratory values and HIPAA rules for the CKHS Laboratories.
Crozer-Chester Medical Center - Phone Numbers
Crozer Laboratory Administrative Staff:
Medical Director/Chief Pathologist
610-447-2221 (15-2221)
Pathologists
610-447-2221 (15-2221)
Administrative Director
610-447-2236 (15-2236)
Associate Administrative Director
610-447-2247 (15-2247)
Manager, Blood Bank
610-447-2264 (15-2264)
Manager, Outreach, Venipuncture, Central Processing
610-447-2656 (15-2656)
Technical Coordinator, Chemistry
610-447-2326 (15-2326)
Technical Coordinator, Hematology
610-447-2327 (15-2327)
Technical Coordinator, Microbiology
610-447-2248 (15-2248)
Outreach Marketing Coordinator
610-490-7921 (15-7921)
Crozer Laboratory Departments:
Clinical Results, Central Processing Area
610-447-2220 (15-2220)
Pathology Results, Surgical Autopsy
610-447-2221 (15-2221)
Blood Bank
610-447-2388 (15-2388)
Chemistry
610-447-2222 (15-2222)
Cytology
610-328-8840 (16-8840)
Hematology
610-447-2224 (15-2224)
Histology
610-447-2253 (15-2253)
Microbiology
610-447-2226 (15-2226)
Outreach
610-490-7921 (15-7921)
Urinalysis
610-447-2389 (15-2389)
Venipuncture
610-447-2233 (15-2233)
Delaware County Memorial Hospital - Phone Numbers
Laboratory Administrative Staff:
Medical Director/Chief Pathologist
610-284-8214 (12-8214)
Pathologists
610-284-8214 (12-8214)
Site Manager
610-284-8233, (12-8233)
Site Coordinator
610-284-8541 (12-8541)
Technical Coordinator, Chemistry
610-284-8222 (12-8222)
Technical Coordinator, Blood Bank/Hematology
610-284-8547 (12-8547)
Technical Coordinator, Histology
610-284-8135 (12-8315)
Technical Coordinator, Microbiology
610-284-8207 (12-8207)
Outreach Marketing Coordinator
610-490-7921 (15-7921)
DCMH Laboratory Departments:
Clinical Results, Central Processing Area
610-284-8205 (12-8205)
Pathology Results
610-284-8214 (12-8214)
Blood Bank
610-284-8228 (12-8228)
Chemistry
610-284-8218 (12-8218)
Cytology
610-328-8840 (16-8840)
Hematology
610-284-8224 (12-8224)
Histology
610-284-8209 (12-8209)
Outpatient Collection Area
610-284-8204 (12-8204)
Pathology
610-284-8214 (12-8214)
Urinalysis
610-284-8223 (12-8223)
Taylor Hospital Laboratory - Phone Numbers
Pathologist/Medical Director
610-595-6455 (19-6455)
Site Manager, Taylor Laboratory
610-595-6499 (19-6499)
Site Coordinator
610-595-6059 (19-6059)
Clinical Results, Central Processing Area
610-595-6450 (19-6450)
Pathology Results
610-595-6381 (19-6381)
Blood Bank
610-595-6461 (19-6461)
Cytology
610-328-8840 (16-8840)
Hematology, Chemistry
610-595-6450 (19-6450)
Outreach Marketing Coordinator
610-490-7921 (15-7921)
Springfield Hospital Laboratory - Phone Numbers
Site Coordinator
610-328-8917 (16-8917)
Laboratory, All Inquiries
610-328-8850 (16-8850)
Technical Coordinator, Cytology
610-328-8840 (16-8840)
Cytology
610-328-8840 (16-8840)
Outreach Marketing Coordinator
610-490-7921 (15-7921)
Hours of Operation
The Crozer-Keystone Health System Hospital Laboratories provide venipuncture services to inpatients at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Delaware County Memorial Hospital and Springfield Hospital, and to outpatients at all sites.
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Inpatient: The Laboratory collects routine specimens beginning at 0600 (6 AM), and every 2 hours. Orders for the 0600 collection must be placed by 0400. All other collections must be placed at least 1 hour before the scheduled round.
* Note: The Laboratory does not collect STAT specimens. These specimens must be collected by the floor personnel, and then delivered to the Laboratory.
Outpatient: Ambulatory Pavilion: Collections are performed in the collection area on the first floor.
Monday-Friday, 6:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Bertram Speare Outpatient Pavilion: Collections are performed on the ground floor.
Monday-Friday, 4-7 PM
Satuday, 7:30 AM - 12 noon
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Inpatient: The Laboratory collects routine specimens beginning at 6:00 AM and every 2 hours. Orders for the 6 AM collection must be placed by 4:00 AM. All other collections must be placed at least 1 hour before the scheduled round.
* Note: The Laboratory team does not collect STAT specimens. These specimens must be collected by the floor personnel, and then delivered to the Laboratory.
Outpatient: Medical Office Building: Collections are performed in the collection area on the second floor.
Monday - Friday, 7 AM - 6 PM
Saturday, 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Springfield Hospital
Inpatient: The Laboratory collects routine specimens at 0600 (6 AM), 1000 (10 AM), 1400 (2 PM), 1800 (6 PM), and 2200 (10 PM). The Laboratory does not collect STAT specimens.
Outpatient: Collections are performed in the laboratory collection area on the first floor.
Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM -5:30 PM
Saturday, 8 AM - 12 noon
Taylor Hospital
Inpatient: Collections are performed by the floor personnel.
Outpatient: Collections are performed on the first floor registration area.
Monday - Friday, 7 AM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Media Medical Plaza
Crozer-Keystone Laboratory
200 East State St.
Media, PA
610-480-8253
Outpatient: Collections are offered at Media Medical Plaza in Media.
Monday – Friday 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM (Closed for lunch approximately 1-2 p.m.)
Crozer Clinical Labs
Suite 130, 300 Evergreen Drive
Glen Mills, PA 19342
610-579-3434
Outpatient: Collections are offered at the Crozer Medical Plaza at Brinton Lake. Monday – Friday 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Closed for lunch approximately 11 a.m. - 12 noon)
Tests with Standard Required Reflexes and Microbiology Protocols 2007
Tests with Standard Required Reflexes are defined as those tests that will automatically generate an order for additional testing when specific criteria are satisfied that indicate the medical necessity of performing the additional testing. The ranges for reflex testing are based upon medical criteria, to meet patient needs and are generally accepted medical practice. The reflexive testing will be billed either as the single charge or at an additional charge based on the service performed.
| Initial Test |
CPT Codes for Initial Test |
Protocol Criteria |
Additional Test |
CPT Code for
Additional Test |
|
Abscess culture
Culture, other source with gram stain
(Aerobic Culture)
|
87070
87205 (GS)
|
All specimens collected appropriately |
Aerobic culture
Anaerobic culture
Gram stain
|
87075
87205 (GS)
(Anaerobic Culture)
|
|
Tissue culture
Culture, other source with gram stain
(Aerobic Culture)
|
87070
87205 (GS)
|
All specimens collected appropriately |
Aerobic culture
Anaerobic culture
Gram stain
|
87075
87205 (GS)
(Anaerobic Culture)
|
|
Fluid culture
Culture, other source with gram stain
(Aerobic Culture)
|
87070
87205 (GS)
|
All specimens collected appropriately |
Aerobic culture
Anaerobic culture
Gram stain
|
87075
87205 (GS)
(Anaerobic Culture)
|
|
Strep screen
(DCMH Only)
|
87430 |
Negative Strep screen culture |
Aerobic Culture
(Throat Culture)
|
87070 |
| CSF Bacterial antigen |
87899 (X4) |
All specimens CSF culture |
Aerobic Culture |
87070
87205 (GS)
|
| Stool culture (children < 13 years) |
87045
87205 (GS)
|
All specimens
|
Culture for E Coli0157:
Add Pathogen
|
87046 |
| AFB stain only |
87206 |
All specimens except those submitted on slide |
AFB culture |
87116 |
Critical (Panic) and Urgent Values
| APTT |
≥ 95 seconds |
| Calcium (blood) |
< 6.5 mg/dL
> 13.0 mg/dL
|
| Glucose, Adult (blood) |
< 50 mg/dL
> 400 mg/dL
|
| Glucose, Newborn (blood) |
< 40 mg/dL
> 300 mg/dL
|
| Hemoglobin |
≤ 7.0 g/dL |
| INR |
≥ 4.0 |
| Potassium, Adult (blood) |
< 3.0 mmol/L
> 5.9 mmol/L
|
| Potassium, Newborn (blood) |
< 3.0 mmol/L
> 6.5 mmol/L
|
Urgent Values
| TEST NAME |
CRITICAL / URGENT VALUE |
| Acetaminophen |
> 150 mg/L |
|
Bilirubin, Total, Neonatal
0-6 days
7 days to 1 year
|
> 12.0 mg/dL
≥ 20.0 mg/dL
|
| Blood Culture |
Positive direct gram stain or positive culture within 48 hours |
| Carbamazepine |
> 15.0 ug/mL |
| CO2 (blood) |
< 10 mmol/L
> 40 mmol/L
|
| CSF Culture |
Positive direct gram stain or positive culture within 48 hours |
| Digoxin |
> 2.0 ng/mL |
| Gentamicin |
> 12 ug/ml |
| Herpes Culture, neonate £ 60 days |
Positive |
| Ketones |
Large |
| Lithium |
> 1.5 mmol/L |
| Phenobarbital |
> 50.0 ug/mL |
| Phenytoin |
> 30.0 ug/mL |
| Platelet |
£ 50,000/mm3 |
| Procainamide |
> 12 ug/ml |
| PTT |
Refer to APPT |
| Salicylate |
> 60 mg/dL |
| Sodium (blood) |
< 121 mmol/L
> 159 mmol/L
|
| Theophylline |
> 25.0 ug/mL |
| Tobramycin |
> 12 ug/ml |
Transfusion reaction |
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction |
| Troponin |
> 0.5 ng/mL (first of a series) |
| Vancomycin |
> 40.0 ug/mL |
| Valproic Acid |
> 200 ug/ml |
HIPAA Rules
The Crozer-Keystone Laboratories comply with all federal and state regulations regarding the release of protected patient information. Laboratory results will only be released to the ordering physician or other physicians/healthcare providers who have a treatment relationship with the patient.
Laboratory staff will always ask for two forms of identification when results are to be released verbally. In addition, Laboratory staff members will ask you to confirm your treatment relationship with the patient if the requesting party is not the ordering physician.
Release of information outside of the above parameters may require a signed authorization from the patient.
