If you have the option to choose another LabCorp location for your lab work, I would go with the other lab.
PROs:
- Made an appointment and was seen right away (Friday morning)
- In and out quickly
CONS:
- Parking is hidden. I did not notice the lot behind the building until I walked up. I parked in the garage across the street and unsafely crossed four lanes of traffic because there was not a convenient crosswalk near by.
- The building makes you feel like you're walking into a methdone clinic
- The woman receptionist/phlebotomist a very fake "nice" woman. When I came, I signed in and the women behind the desk said very politely "Hi, how can I help you", where I proceeded to say "I have a 9:30 appointment", she then gave me this slightly psychotic smile and said "ok, how can I help you?". I was a little annoyed by this because I'm pretty sure you're not taking food orders here, so why the hell do you think I'm here? Lab work, obviously.
- While seated in the chair to take my blood, the receptonist/phlebotomist asked which arm I wanted to draw blood from and when I gave her my right arm, she tied it off, did a very quick feel for my vein and then, without any notice or with any caution or any type of precision, she stabbed my arm pretty effing hard. I'm really good with getting blood drawn, it doesn't bother me or hurt me, but this stung! She then moved the needle around a bunch and then told me "oh I missed the vein". Uhh yeah, could've guess that! I told her this time that I needed one of the small needles because I have tiny veins, so she grabbed a smaller needle and went for round two. She again did a really quick check and stabbed my arm. I've never had a phlebotomist stab my arm so violently. Usually they are pretty gentle and go slow, but not this woman. It was like she was trying to murder my arm. Luckily this time she was able to collect what she needed.
- Now for the urine sample. I received the cup, went to the bathroom, cleaned up with the sanitary wipe and followed the instructions on the wall. It said to collect the urine mid stream, so I did so. No big suprise that I got piss on my hand. I went to close off the jar and wanted to set it down, but the only thing available was a porous wooden coffee table in front of the toilet - pretty sanitary. I didn't want to set it down so I held it while I finished. I could tell someone before me had set down their pissy jar because there was a ring on the wooden table. Again, very sanitary. After putting my sample away, I went to go wash my hands and found that there was no soap! They also had two hand sanitizer dispensers but one did not work and the other was out. Great, so nothing to clean my hands with. I ended up grabbing one of the sanitary wipes they had, got the hell out of there, and swore never to come back to this location.
Perhaps the other employees at this location are a little better, but the woman I dealt with made this experience bad enough for me not to ever want to come back again. If you have a fear of getting your blood drawn, I would avoid this place. read more