Where Lab Tests Are Performed

Article Sources

NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.

American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Order Your Own Lab Tests without Direct Physician Access. Press Release, July 31, 2001. Available online at http://www.newswise.com/articles/2001/7/DAT.CC1.html through http://www.newswise.com.

Schulze, Matthew. “25 Percent More States Allow Direct Access Testing.” Laboratory Medicine (American Society for Clinical Pathology). November 2001. [No longer available online.]

The College of American Pathologists (CAP). Commission on Laboratory Accreditation: Point of Care Testing Checklist. October 2001. [No longer available online.]

Jerry O’Connell, MD. Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC (written communication).

Wisconsin State Journal. March 17, 2002.

Types of Clinical Labs (http://iweb.lati.tec.sd.us/STAFF/Smithp/TYPES%20OF%20CLINICAL%20LABORATORIES.htm) [No longer available online.]

http://www.memorialhosp.org/new_directaccess.html [No longer available online.]