The Clinical Laboratory at Heritage Medical Center is open 24 hours a day every day of the year to perform laboratory procedures for In-Patients, Home Health Patients and Emergency Room Patients. Outpatients are seen Monday through Friday, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. For more information call 931-685-8800.

The Medical Director of the Laboratory is Dr. Eugene Nelson. He is affiliated with Associated Pathologists, P.L.C. who offer complete pathology services to the clinical laboratory and to surgery. Dr. Nelson can be reached through the hospital laboratory or at 931-781-3532.

Our laboratory is licensed by the State of Tennessee and is accredited by The Joint Commission. We perform tests in the areas of Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Chemistry, Serology and Microbiology. Fifteen licensed Medical Technologists and Medical Laboratory Technicians perform all tests.

For tests ordered by your physician but not performed here in our lab, we draw the specimens and send them to Vanderbilt Pathology Laboratory in Nashville or LabCorp reference laboratory in Burlington, NC. We work closely with these labs to keep our test menu up-to-date.

We also provide a complete Transfusion Service for medical, surgical and emergency patients. We obtain all of our blood components from the American Red Cross and work in cooperation with them to ensure that our patients receive the safest possible blood products. They also draw autologous units from our patients whose doctors wish to have the patient's own blood available for upcoming surgery. Such units are then sent to our laboratory for storage and processing.

The laboratory maintains a draw station located at 1610 North Main Street, Suite D, next to Sonic from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. for the convenience of patients visiting their physicians in town. Tests are performed in the hospital laboratory. For more information call 931-685-8811.

Industrial services available from the laboratory at HMC include the collection of Urine Drug Screens and Breath Alcohol testing. For more information call 931-685-8811.