Microbiology

Once the specimen integrity is checked at the accessioning point, such as:

Time and date of urine collections
Specimen container
correct swabs and/or wet preparation;

The following step in place the specimen in the respective media plates which are incubate for 48 hours, with a reading at 24, and at the end of the 48’s hours. If no organisms have grown, the report is released stating that. If any organisms if grown within 48 hours of incubation the next step is performed, which is the sensitivity, which is a wide range of antibiotics discs placed over the organisms grown, this step takes another 24 hours. This step is conducted so the doctors have an idea of which antibiotic gives better results over the infection the patient might have. All of these give us a turnaround time of 48 hours for those negative results, and 72 for those who might have any infection. All these tests are done on medias prepared by REMEL a long standing company in the microbiology field.

Our testing personnel are fully licensed by the state of Florida also with more than 20 years of experience, average per head.

DOCTOR’S LABORATORY SERVICES INC. was created by a group of experienced people in the clinical laboratory field in order to serve Miami’s Health, our management and technical staff strives to offer the fastest, most reliable and professional service.

Doctor’s Laboratory Svcs. Is enrolled with the recognized College of American Pathologists (CAP) and American Association of Bioanalysts (AAB) proficiency testing program, as part of result reliability required by law.

The precision and accuracy of our test menu, the personalized service provided and the fast and reliable service we provide have helped us expand our services beyond the Dade county limits. And given us a strong credibility in the service provided.