Lab services at Ascension Via Christi
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Laboratories provide high quality laboratory services to help providers diagnose and treat patients. Lab tests are performed at Ascension Via Christi Hospitals in Wichita.
Outpatient hours are 7 a.m.-4:30 pm. Inpatient testing is available 24 hours.
Lab tests include:
- Chemistry and hematology
- Coagulation studies
- Immunology
- Histology
- Microbiology
- Virology
- Toxicology
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Cytology
- Endocrinology
- Pathology
- Serology
Find a location near you
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Laboratory
Phone: 316-268-5470
Fax: 316-291-7943
Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Joseph Laboratory
Phone: 316-689-5075
Fax: 316-689-6443
Ascension Via Christi Laboratory client service representatives are available by phone to answer your questions and requests from 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. During other hours, the technical staff will answer your call.
We can help you with:
- Specimen requirements
- Test schedules
- Status of tests
- Test results
- Pricing information
- Specimen transportation
- Supply orders
How to order lab tests at Ascension Via Christi
- Orders for laboratory tests are entered into OneChart.
- A requisition will print at the nursing unit only if the test is ordered "Nursing Collect". Any specimen that nursing collects should be labeled appropriately and accurately and accompanied by a requisition when transported to the lab.
- Containers for timed collections are stocked on the nursing unit, or obtained from distribution.
Order priorities
- STAT indicates a medical emergency based on patient condition. A STAT order is to be acted on immediately. STAT priority can not be used for future orders, and there is no option to select date and time when placing the order.
- TIMED orders are collected within 15 minutes of the date and time specified in the order. TIMED should be reserved for tests in which timing is critical, i.e. peak or trough therapeutic drugs, Cortisol, or other situations where sequential timing is critical.
- ROUTINE orders are processed after STAT and TIMED orders. If ordered ROUTINE for "Today" results for most types of tests will be available within four hours.
- EARLY AM orders are processed in the early morning of the date specified.
- ADD ON orders should be used when the ordered test is to be done on a specimen that has already been received in the lab.
Blood bank
If a patient has blood bank work and also has other blood work to be drawn at the same time, please order together. This will prevent multiple venipunctures. The blood bank can be called at 316-268-5356 (Ascension Via Christi St. Francis) or 316-689-5088 (Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph).
The following blood bank products may be ordered on patients (in addition to the blood bank tests listed in the A-Z test listing.)
- Red cells, leukoreduced
- Plateletpheresis, leukoreduced
- Fresh frozen plasma
- Cryoprecipitate
All blood bank tests and products should be ordered in the computer as soon as the order is received from the physician. In some instances, the blood may have to be ordered and shipped from the American Red Cross.
Where to call for help
Please call Ascension Via Christi St. Francis at 316-268-5470 or Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph at 316-689-5075 for assistance with:
- Questions concerning which test to order
- The status of an order
- Test results that cannot be found in the EHR system
Please call the IT Help Desk at 261-8444 for assistance with:
- Printer problems
- Problems with the order entry system
Downtime requisitions
When OneChart is down, a downtime requisition must be used.
Amendments or cancellation of tests
If a test must be canceled after the specimen is collected and the results reported, please notify the lab.