Pathology

Accreditation

• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
• American Association of blood Banks (AABB)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• American College of Surgeon Commission on Cancer (Tumor Registry)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Heath Care Organizations (JCAHO)

Annual Workload

• Surgical Cases – 12,000
• Cytology & FNA – 25,000
• Electron Microscopy – 100
• Autopsies – 26
• Blood Donor Drives – 130
• Workload: Total CPT Units - 122,000/Month

Services Provided

• Anatomic Pathology Services
• Surgical Pathology, gross and microscopic examination, routine & special stains
• Immunohistochemistry staining is sent to referring lab in California Cytopathology of Gyn & Non-gyn, including Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
• Bone Biopsy Interpretation
• Electron Microscopic Examination
• Autopsy Services including Medicolegal/Forensic Autopsy

Clinical Pathology Services

• Inpatient and Outpatient Phlebotomy Services
• Routine and Special Hematology
• Flow Cytometry
• Routine and Special Chemistry Testing
• 24-hr daily Stat Clinical Laboratory Testing
• Medical Toxicology and Drug Monitoring
• Point-of-Care (POCT)/Waived Testing
• Routine and Special Microbiology Testing
• Routine and Special Mycobacteriology & Mycology Testing
• Routine and Special Parasitology Testing
• Routine and Special Virology Testing
• Routine and Special Immunology Testing
• Shipping and Referral Testing for any request not performed in-house

Transfusion Medicine Services

• Typing, cross match, antibody identification and transfusion for packed cells, whole blood, plasma, platelets, cryoprecipitate, RhoGam

Blood Donor Program

• Platelet and Plasma Pheresis
• Collection of Blood/Blood Drive – 365 days
• Component separation, testing and training

Tumor Registry

• Maintains 10,000 active files
• Conducts approx 20 multidisciplinary tumor board meetings per month

Contact Us

Tripler Central Appointment Line

888-683-2778 

Nurse Advice Line

1-800-TRICARE, option #1

Outpatient Phlebotomy Lab

Centrally located on the 4th floor G-wing near mountainside entrance, 4G714A
Open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Glucose tolerance testing requires advance scheduling by phoning 808-433-6664/6668/6667/6198

Blood Donor Center

Phone Number: 808-433-6148/6193/6195

Blood Donor Center Location

2nd floor A-wing, 2A207

Hours of Operations

Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
Arrangements for Blood Drives may be made by calling 808-433-6148.