The Clinical Laboratories provide services for a highly diverse population of all age groups including Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Clinics (LPCH) inpatients, outpatients and outreach patients. This includes services for the phlebotomy, handling, testing and interpreting of tests in neonates and children, Employee Health, Cowell Student Health, Menlo Clinic, Coastside Clinic, research, clinical trials, clinic outpatients, physician office patients, other hospitals, industrial accounts, biotechnology companies and community organizations. The Laboratories perform testing on blood, body fluids, tissue and other specimens in the areas of hematology and hematopathology, flow cytometry, coagulation, chemistry, immunology, serology, molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics, bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibility, mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, point of care testing and blood transfusion-related services for SHC and LPCH. These services are provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.

The Clinical Laboratory
Tel: (650) 723-6111
FAX: (650) 723-3147


The Clinical Laboratory at the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System is a full service (24 hour/ 7 day per week) laboratory performing over 2 million routine and specialty tests on site annually. Laboratory sections include Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Pathology, Point of Care, Tech Lab Support and Transfusion Services as well as a variety of subspecialties under each section. The VAPAHCS Clinical Lab also provides testing and phlebotomy services at two VAPAHCS hospital divisions (Livermore and Menlo Park) and at six community based outpatient clinics (Capitola, Monterey, Modesto, San Jose, Stockton and Sonora). In addition, VAPAHCS serves as a Molecular Pathology reference laboratory for other Veterans Administration facilities.

Tel: (650) 493-5000 ext 6-5517 or 6-5728
Fax: (650) 725-7023