Laboratory Services

When you visit OU Health for any health condition, your doctor may want you to get bloodwork or another test for more information before starting treatment. At OU Health in Oklahoma City and Edmond, you’ll find laboratory services nearby any time – 24 hours a day, seven days a week – where you and your whole family can easily get your lab work done accurately and completely.

Get Your Results Fast

Count on getting your results quickly and accurately. As an academic health system, OU Health medical professionals on staff from OU Health Physicians’ Pathology Department read most of your test results on site instead of sending them away for review, which saves time. You also will benefit from these experts’ access to training, the latest in research and technology, and the collaboration that comes with OU Health’s vast network of medical specialties.

Accurate, fast testing from our laboratory, accredited by the College of American Pathologists, gives you and your doctors the information you need to make sound decisions about your treatment.

Help for Your Specific Condition

You will benefit from the wide range of tests at OU Health Laboratory Services to help you understand what’s going on with your body so you can prevent disease, detect an unknown problem or get a solid diagnosis to help guide your treatment.

In addition to regular tests requested by your doctor, you’ll have access to specialized testing such as:

• Diabetes testing from Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
• Early cancer detection programs for Stephenson Cancer Center
• Genetics
• Level 1 Trauma Center transfusion services
• Organ transplant programs
• Pediatric and adult infectious disease testing

Tests for Genetic Disorders

Get special testing, if needed, at our Clinical Genetics Core Laboratories in Oklahoma City for genetic, family and congenital disorders. Upon diagnosis, you and your child can receive expert help from our genetic counselors and physicians so you can understand your diagnosis and treat or manage it. You’ll also have access to support groups and information about other agencies that can help you.

You can get tested through the genetics laboratory for conditions affecting all ages, beginning with prenatal diagnosis, and in a wide range of chromosome, molecular and biochemical studies, including tests for:

• Bartter syndrome
• Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array testing for chromosomal abnormalities
• Congenital disorders
• Hematologic and oncologic disorders related to cancer
• Marfan Syndrome
• MCAD for infants
• Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) and Spred1 sequencing to look for deletion or duplication of certain proteins in your genes
• PTEN testing for a specific genetic mutation that can cause several health disorders, including Cowden disease, breast and ovarian cancer
• Noonan Syndrome

Blood Work & Special Testing Services

In addition to typical laboratory tests to assist with your diagnosis and treatment, you and your doctors also can take advantage of a blood bank and additional services such as:

• Chemistry testing to create a snapshot of your body’s basic metabolism
• COAG/urology
• Cytology
• Flow cytometry
• HLA testing for organ and tissue transplant recipients able to do testing
• Hematology special services
• Heterotrophic plate count (HPC)
• Microbiology
• Surgical pathology and necropsy
• Virology