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Clinical Chemistry and Hematology Laboratories

Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Chemistry applies chemical, molecular, and cellular techniques to the understanding and the evaluation of human health and disease.

The results of these measurements and observations are relevant to the causes and extent of diseases. These data are converted into patient- and disease-related information at the laboratory-clinician interface.

This laboratory designs and carries out the New York proficiency testing programs in the following important areas of laboratory medicine:

Areas of Laboratory Medicine

• Clinical Chemistry
• Endocrinology
• Therapeutic Substance Monitoring
• Toxicology (Clinical and Forensic)
• Blood pH and Gases
• Urinalysis and Urine Pregnancy Testing