Laboratory Services

Pathology and Laboratory Services

At Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, our full-service Pathology and Laboratory Services Departments perform a variety of tests and screenings, including blood testing services, to help evaluate your health.

Under the direction of board-certified pathologists from Massachusetts General Hospital, our Laboratory Services provide:

• physician-ordered testing for both inpatients and outpatients at the hospital
• diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative clinical and anatomic services for patients of obstetrics, orthopedics, infectious disease, oncology and other medical specialties
• pathologists on-call around the clock to conduct lab testing on an emergency basis
• walk-in labs for patients

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Pathology and Laboratory Services Departments are fully accredited by the College of American Pathologists. Advanced medical equipment is used to provide services in multiple disciplines including anatomic pathology, microbiology, chemistry, hematology, transfusion and information systems. Tests not performed onsite, are referred to our primary Reference Lab, Mayo Medical Laboratories. The anatomic pathology department provides services in surgical pathology, including intra-operative consultation with or without frozen section, cytopathology and autopsy pathology.