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Scotland County Health Department outlines CLIA-certified lab services and 'Labs 2 Go' walk-in testing
Summary
Lab manager Erica Hall told the Scotland County Board of Health lab is CLIA-certified, performs a range of in-house tests, and operates a walk-in 'Labs 2 Go' service with published prices and hours.
Erica Hall, lab manager at the Scotland County Health Department, described the department's laboratory services and its walk-in "Labs 2 Go" program at the June Board of Health meeting held without a quorum.
Hall said the lab is "a CLIA certified lab, and CLIA stands for clinical laboratory improvement amendments," and that CLIA inspections occur every two years. She told the board the lab conducts proficiency testing three times a year and also serves as a referee lab for the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health.
Hall listed the department's in-house testing and services as pregnancy tests; glucose tests including one-hour glucose tolerance tests;…
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