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Department of Laboratory Medicine

Getting the Results You Need

The Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health is a large modern laboratory, fully equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. The laboratory employs 170 people and operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

The Department of Laboratory Medicine includes five services: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, and Phlebotomy.

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Laboratory Medicine Highlights

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Meeting the standards

Our Accreditation

The National Institutes of Health Department of Laboratory Medicine has met all applicable standards for accreditation. 

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State-of-the-art Laboratory Testing

Supporting of Clinical Center Patient Care

We serve as the clinical laboratory of the NIH Clinical Center providing laboratory support for patient care and research protocols and performs research and training in disciplines of Clinical Pathology. 

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Dedicated and Caring Professionals

Meet Our Staff

Meet the leaders within the Department of Laboratory Medicine.

Thank you for your interest in us. We'll do our best to be helpful.

MAILING ADDRESS

Department of Laboratory Medicine
10 Center Drive-MSC 1508
Building 10, Room 2C306
Bethesda, MD 20892-1508

PHONE

(301) 496-5668