Review on Quest Diagnostics, two locations, E Lake Mead and Nellis/Stewart.
Been here twice in one week. All I needed was to pick up a specimen container, then use it, and drop it back off. First stop at E Lake Mead, they were closed for renovation. Well crap, okay ... I go to next nearest, miles away on Nellis/Stewart. tried the location on the east side of the street (wrong one, u-turn, go to west side of street). Picked up the container, then find out I also will need an appointment to return it. Really! No drop off? So, okay. I pick it up on Monday, need to return it on Wednesday. Everything is by computer ONLY, all appointments, no in person contact at this Nellis/Stewart location. It does not even have a reception desk. Just three check in monitors and chairs. The rest of pick up goes smooth enough, but when I get home I need to make the drop off appointment. I try to make an appointment, guess what,? ... Now the Nellis/Stewart is closed for renovations. Well, crap! But ... the Lake Mead location has reopened. Yay, maybe!! I have two other important appointments that day so I need an early morning drop off just like the pick up. But despite being closed for just the last two days, there's no time available before 8am, or to work around my appointments, getting in between 11-12:20pm, or after 3pm. So I took the only appointment available at 12:30pm, hoping for a quick drop off, no late running appointments before me, and a quick out to my next appointment before 1:00pm and over 20 minutes away! This was a timed test so I could not wait for several days for another appointment. I arrived early at 11:30am, hoping to check in and maybe squeeze in a few minutes early (after all it's just a specimen container drop off). I check in early, catch two different techs and explain my dilemma, hoping they can help squeeze me in. No luck! But at exactly 12:30pm, my appointment time, I was called back, they did a quick print out of labels, recertifying my information, etc., and I was out the door at 12:45pm. I was late for my next appointment, but thankfully they were only annoyed and didn't give it away!
My dissatisfaction is in the poor scheduling of the appointments around their remodeling. There was nothing stated on the website - just a limited offering of appointments around the remodeling. Plus the remodeling seemed to be jumping between very close locations which made it difficult to catch a break for specimen drop-and-pickup. But in addition to that, I dropped off my specimen two weeks prior to my doctor appointment as instructed, and Quest had not completed the results in time for my appointment. My doctor was unpleasantly surprised that the results were not ready, and even checked my drop off date to see if I had truly completed it on time. Evidently, the remodeling put some of the Quest results behind schedule. So it cost me two doctors appointments to complete my health check. Luckily it was not super important, but still, it cost me a lot of additional time and an extra appointment. I am not pleased! read more