Laboratory Medicine

Our Team

We are a team of Medical Laboratory Assistants, Medical Laboratory Technologists, Pathologist Assistant and Laboratory Physicians.

The Laboratory is open 24/7, 365 days a year processing Routine, STAT and Urgent testing to meet the needs of our inpatient units, operating rooms, outpatient clinics and Emergency department.

You can reach us by calling 519-751-5544 x 2440.

Tests offered

The Laboratory at Brant Community Healthcare System offers our patients the following tests:

• Anatomical Pathology- preparing samples of tissue to aid in the microscopic detection and diagnosis of disease
• Chemistry- performing tests on blood and body fluids to detect chemicals, hormones and/or drugs
• Hematology- performing tests to measure blood cells and to detect diseases/disorders of the blood
• Microbiology- performing tests on blood, body fluids and/or tissue to detect bacteria, fungus, viruses and/or parasites and provides important results for infection control
• Point of Care Testing- providing quality assurance programs for testing done by the patient bedside
• Transfusion Medicine- performing blood typing and compatibility testing

Our laboratory ensures accurate and timely turn-around of lab tests at both our Brantford General and the Willett Hospital, as well as to our external clients. We perform approximately 2.2 million lab tests a year.

The lab is globally funded by the province and cannot charge registered patients for testing.

Non-registered outpatient testing takes place in the community. Please contact your doctor’s office for a list of blood and specimen collection locations or visit LifeLabs.

Specific tests and turnaround times can be viewed here.