Laboratory

Phone: (618) 435-9701
Fax: (618) 435-8222

Franklin Hospital Laboratory Director Judy Courter and her experienced team perform services in the outpatient lab located on the hospital's first floor from 7 AM to 9 PM daily, Monday through Sunday, and is only closed on national holidays. Some services may also be performed at your facility.

Like many companies working hard to prosper in today's economic climate, Franklin Hospital recognizes the importance of receiving cost-effective and timely support services relating to employee healthcare needs. Lost employee productivity as a result of offsite, job-related medical testing can quickly negatively impact the "bottom line." For this reason, Franklin Hospital is proud to offer a wide range of medical testing and educational services to meet employee health/safety needs of business and industry to maximize convenience while minimizing costs.

Franklin Hospital proudly uses Quest and LabCorp to validate drug screen results; other drug screen companies are also available. Provision of "wellness education" is the first step in supporting the good health of your employees and their families. Franklin Hospital will gladly participate in or completely coordinate health fairs for company employees and their families upon request.

Services include:

Breath alcohol test (screen)
Breath alcohol test (confirmation)
Blood draw (phlebotomy)
Glucose finger stick
Hair collection
DOT (Department of Transportation) urine collection
Non-DOT urine collection
Urine dip
Chain of custody urine drug testing
Alcohol urine testing through chain of custody
Instant/Rapid drug screen

The laboratory also provides services for all outpatients and company employees:

Immunoassay testing, which includes serology testing-Mono
Flu A, B
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Strep
Pregnancy
Therapeutic Drug monitoring
Thyroid testing and certain hormone and cancer screening
Colon cancer screening tests
Hematology
Chemistry
Urinalysis
Blood gases and Carbon Monoxide testing
Microbiology-MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), blood culture testing in-house, C Diff (Clostridium difficile colitis)
Blood bank with transfusion services
Reference lab testing with national companies to provide lab draw services at your convenience
We also provide Cardiac enzyme testing in house

Protect your company's most important investment.

An industrial account can be established for your business, offering you a reduced rate for services.
All testing performed through that account would be your company's property.
One monthly statement would be generated listing all employees tested for that billing period.
Franklin Hospital strives to offer service flexibility to meet the individual needs of the employer, such as random, annual or post-accident
    testing.

Dr. Pamella S. Gronemeyer is the Medical Director of the Laboratory. She offers Pathology services to the Franklin Hospital to process and result in pathology specimens from MD offices and surgical cases. She also processes pap smears. SEMC Pathology Services is located in Highland, IL, and offers daily courier services Monday through Friday of specimens from Franklin Hospital.

If you have any questions regarding these or other services, please call Franklin Hospital at (618) 435-9701 to speak with Judy Courter.