Services Offered

Outreach Services

• For physician offices, clinics, nursing homes and assisted living facilities
• Daily courier pickup and delivery
• Multiple draw sites in Duluth and the region
• Efficient test ordering and results reporting

Consultation

• Prompt clinical and anatomic pathology follow-up by pathologists and clinical specialists, including board-certified cytopathologists
• Senior management consultation resources

Diagnostic Services

• Broad range of tests using state-of-the-art instrumentation and technically proven methodologies with delivery of rapid and accurate results
• Serving Duluth and surrounding communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

Anatomic Services

• Cytopathology, including thin-layer, liquid-based technology
• Fine-needle aspiration biopsies
• Histology, including state-of-the-art immunohistochemical techniques
• Surgical pathology, including frozen section analysis for timely diagnostic information to surgeons

Hematology

• Peripheral blood and bone marrow studies
• Diagnostic and therapeutic monitoring of blood disorders

Coagulation

• Basic hemostatic testing with rapid access to testing for hereditary bleeding and thrombotic disorders

Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis and Immunoassay

• Extensive repertoire of chemical analyte quantification through state-of-the-art instrumentation
• Nucleic acid testing (polymerase chain reaction)

Microbiology

• Complete range of organism identification and susceptibility testing
• Expert consultants in bacteriology and parasitology

Transfusion

• Pretransfusion testing for blood component therapy
• Cutting-edge antibody detection methodology
• Immediate access to regional blood center that provides all blood products and esoteric testing