Pathology is the branch of medicine that assesses the effects of disease on the body. Diagnostic testing is the foundation of a patient’s health record and a key driver of the health care decisions made collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team composed of the medical staff, nursing staff, and allied health professionals. St. Joseph’s Health is dedicated to delivering the best value services and solutions to our customers, you the patient. Our relentless focus on quality ensures our customers are offered the latest advances in laboratory science. When dealing with the Pathology Department you can be assured the patient always comes first: an individualized plan of care is developed based upon needs identified in collaboration with the patient, family, nursing staff, medical staff, laboratory scientists, and clinical care technicians.
St. Joseph’s Health is a local leader in the study and treatment of human disease. Our expert pathologists are board-certified in Clinical and Anatomical Pathology and our laboratory sections are managed and staffed by highly qualified, degreed clinical laboratory scientists. Our state-of-the-art laboratory offers a diverse and full range of diagnostic services for both inpatient and outpatient populations including chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunology, serology, microbiology, histology, cytology, pathology, blood bank, Flow Cytometry and phlebotomy. In addition to meeting individual patient needs the Pathology Department proudly services many physicians’ offices, home care services, nursing homes, surgical centers and wellness fairs.
The Pathology & Clinical Laboratory Department of St. Joseph’s University Medical Center consists of the following divisions:
- Surgical Pathology and Cytology
- Clinical Laboratory
- Blood Bank
The Department is licensed by the State of New Jersey for both the Clinical Laboratory and the Transfusion and Donor Services (Blood Bank). Accreditations for the Department include:
- College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (Federal CLIA 88).
- Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
The Pathology Department provides the following services:
- Automation Lab (Hematology, Chemistry, Coagulation, Urine Analysis)
- Microbiology
- Serology/Immunology
- Blood Bank (Transfusion and Donor Services)
- Special Coagulation
- Flow Cytometry
- Histology
- Cytology
- Certified testing site by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for Sweat Chloride testing