Labcorp

I sure wish I’d checked Unilocal before I made a pediatric appointment here for my kid. +1 on what everyone else says but with the one grumpy as heck person staff who couldn’t find a vein and blamed us for it, we are never darkening the door here again. Definitely do not bring kids here. Lapcorp sends you here if you click «pediatric» appointment — go to another office!

This Labcorp is a disgusting mess. The facility looks like it hasn’t been painted or thoroughly cleaned in years, the answering machine plays people’s personal messages to the whole waiting area, the bathroom is what I’d expect from a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant, the radio plays loudly including advertisements (really grating when you have to wait an hour for a glucose test) and pretty much everything about it is bad (other than the pleasant technician). I will be using the new Quest on Pill Hill whenever possible.

Wow… I’m not prone to exaggeration, so when I say my visit to get my one-year-old’s blood drawn here was nothing short of traumatic, you can take me at my word. We made an appointment for 11:30, and came in about ten minutes early. I noticed a gal in medical scrubs having a cigarette break out front. When we arrived, there was a post-​it note on the check-​in sheet stating, «Be back at 11:32.» It bothered me a tiny bit that she was going to be back 2 minutes after my scheduled appointment, but I didn’t think it was a big deal. At 11:35, in strolls the technician (after enjoying her puffy treat outside, and only rubbing her hands with Purell). We expressed our worry about how my daughter would handle the blood work and Melinda (the technician) replied in a super surly way, «As long as you hold her down, it’ll be fine.» This is when I should have bolted for the door, but I just wanted to get the test over with.
We go back into the blood drawing cubby, and Melinda starts to show me how to restrain my daughter, and keeps grabbing her wrist to twist it. Melinda didn’t once speak to my daughter or reassure us in any way. By this time, my daughter totally knows that we’re getting into some bad shit, and starts crying. Melinda then pokes the needle several times into her vein, and there is absolutely no blood flowing into the first of two sizable vials that need to be filled. Clearly, she didn’t hit the vein and my daughter is shrieking while Melinda just keeps grabbing her wrist and turning it. I stopped the test, which I think relieved Melinda because she definitely hadn’t correctly inserted the needle correctly.
My pediatrician had recommended this specific Labcorp location, since they are supposed to be great with kids. I honestly don’t know what kind of human can be so cold and unfeeling to a one-​year-​old getting bloodwork, and I hope to save any parents & kids from a similar experience.

I come in with my labwork order whenever and I’m right in. I’ve been going here for a year or so, and there’s barely anyone there. It’s a one woman show most of the time it seems too, but she’s quick and efficient. She’s been nice and no problems drawing blood yet. So I can’t complain at all. I’m in and out in under 10 minutes.

Adequate and quick. Found the vein. About all you can ask from a lab testing facility, assuming they’re clean. Will probably use this location again if/​when I need to.

It’s not as efficient as the last times I’ve been here. In the past, there have been 2 people working: a receptionist and a technician. Today, when I had to go in for a tedious glucose test where I had to be there for 2 hours, there was one person working doing both the receptionist and the technician jobs. This is VERY inefficient, especially if you have to fast for a blood test. Seriously, Labcorp? By the end of my long, agonizing visit here, I felt bad for the one woman who was working there since she pretty much was doing the jobs of two people.
I also made an appointment only to learn that they don’t allow appointments for the type of blood test I had to do. The receptionist/​technician (the same person, mind you) was nice considering she was quite overworked.
The bottom of the line: be prepared to wait.

I will not go into details but… they failed to give me the third take home vile so I had to repeat one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. Thanks labcorp.

I’d rather eat my lunch at the DMV than go to Lapcorp. Or maybe even clear my eye with a red hot poker than go to them for prompt Lab work. Their cold face services do not warm up to clients unless the clients try to humor them first. Save but the one office, the one on Telegraph Ave where at least the gal is there. Albeit, she could come down and open the front door. And she has a sense of humor. So did Cinderella’s step-​mother.

This place used to be very effective but since Jamile left it has become a complete waste of time. The new person is very slow and sloppy. I think this location could benefit from a new experienced staff person or persons. Its really high traffic place and needs to be staff with at least 3 people. My recommendation is go across the street to more faster effective site.

I’ve been here a couple times now and it seems to be a one woman show. She is efficient and makes having a blood sample taken as painless as possible (you almost don’t feel a thing). I’d give it 5 stars, but I really hate needles!