Lab Services

Our laboratory department cares for you with innovative services ranking in the highest quality, and safety standards. We have skilled, experienced, knowledgeable staff to ensure you receive the best possible care.

Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (MHLC) Laboratory Services includes our high complexity, hospital-based laboratory, as well as our waived clinic based laboratories located in the three MHLC Primary Care Clinics: Darlington, Shullsburg, and Argyle.

Our hospital-based laboratory provides services to both inpatient and outpatient departments. These include: Emergency/Urgent Care, Medical/Surgical, and Speciality Clinic. We also lend our services to private practice physicians, veterinary clinics, the Lafayette County Manor, and home health agencies.

The hospital-based laboratory is accredited by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), who inspects our laboratory every two years, and we also maintain our certificate of accreditation from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Hours: Hospital Walk-ins welcome Monday through Thursday 7 am to 5 pm, and Fridays 7 am to 4 pm.

Services & Tests Available:

  • Microbiology including bacteriology General
  • Immunology/Serology
  • Routine Chemistry
  • Urinalysis
  • Endocrinology
  • Toxicology
  • Hematology
  • immunohematology including ABO/Rh Groups, antibody screening, and compatibility testing
  • Histopathology
  • DOT and non-DOT urine drug screen sample collection
  • Any test not performed in-house can be collected and sent to our reference lab

Primary Care Clinic Services Tests
(if any-lab):

  • Whole blood glucose testing
  • Rapid Strep A antigen testing
  • Urine Dipstick testing
  • Urine pregnancy screen
  • Hemoglobin/hematocrit testing
  • Mononucleosis testing
  • Point of care INR testing
  • Stool occult blood testing

Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County