Was there a week ago on Monday around noon. Masks and social distancing enforced. Only waited about 10 minutes although it was quite busy. This has always been my lab of choice since they opened. Always treated professionally. read more

Staff talking about a doctors wife who came in to drop off right at closing. Also talking about my labs that were ordered STAT. Front desk girl talking for everyone to hear to girl who brought me to the back cubicle area. Make sure you push the STAT button! They were laughing and ridiculing and I wasn't aware my dr ordered mine STAT. The girl who took me to the back and is entering information into the computer is talking crap with the guy now drawing my blood and the girl at front desk. They complain about their trash now being dumped in 3 days then they talk about a lady who came in after me and right before they closed. The girl imputing my info says good thing they let her drop off before they locked the door because she is Dr Irani's wife and she would have called and complained. Then she says oooooops, I forgot to push the STAT button. I was there to hear all and it was like they wanted me to hear. Rude, unprofessional, and could have been because I came in 4 minutes before closing and possibly because I am Caucasian. The entire staff was Hispanic. Will never go there again. read more

TERRIBLE. Rude Staff. Hand sanitizers are empty. Wait time is Ridiculous. Don't clean injection site before sticking a needle in you. Will NOT Go Back! WORST LAB IN TOWN!!! read more

Customers are not required to wear masks in this facility unless they are displaying symptoms. When I pointed out a coughing customer without a mask they just ignored that. They also have a waiting room chair placed right next to the door everyone must pass through to get their blood drawn. Naturally a covidiot without a mask decided to sit there. Too bad Costco doesn't do blood tests. read more

The wait is usually really long Pal needs to have more locations in the northwest. Staff is friendly for the most part. They also need to update there hours on there website read more

Westpac Labs - Nice place to have your blood drawn - Laboratory Testing Near Me - Bakersfield, California

This place has a relatively nice and air conditioned waiting room that seats at least 30 people. The bathroom was nice and clean and the people are relatively friendly. But, yeah, they're slow as hell! The worst part about it is that they don't do appointments. So when my wife and I went in and we're told that it'd be a 45 minute to an hour wait. After waiting over an hour, we checked our place in line and were told someone may have deleted my wife's name. read more

Wait time is 1 1/2 hours on average. Doors to PR and SLO offices since March have been closed PRIOR to posted hours closing times (on google and on doors). I have mentioned this, they "are not allowed to change them." I have witnessed a woman with her elderly (father?) hobble across on a walker the PR parking lot only to be turned away prior to business hours of closing because they are "too busy or short staffed," or whatever their excuse of the day is. Guess what? HIRE MORE PEOPLE! Also, at 2:40, last Friday (I go here often, but not anymore, I found an awesome mobile guy: Central Coast Mobile Labs: 805 423 3208) they hoarded everyone from outside (where I was waiting safely, as I social distance) into the waiting room where there was no room to social distance, so everyone was crammed into a small space. I heard someone say this is not the first time this has happened. WESTPAC WAKE UP. THIS ISN'T OKAY! Wait times, cramming, locking doors before you close. Someone is going to report you! read more

They are sheeting me by getting money from my side and from my insurance too .. and refused to give me my money back

Went in early in the morning and wait time was long. Blood draw was quick and easy, but I left with a sore arm. Ended up with severe bruising, pain, and swelling on my arm that resulted in a trip to the Urgent Care (see pictures). Doctor at urgent care wanted to rule out a blood clot before I left on vacation that weekend, as a blood clot could be life threatening. Since Kern Radiology was closed, I had to go to the ER for an ultrasound of my arm. Six hours and $500 later, I was told it was just a hematoma from a blown vein due to phlebotomy error. read more

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Waiting area is standing room only ridiculously packed and from reviews this seems to be an ongoing problem. They need to obviously work on speed and organization at this location. You dont wait till people to pile up before you decide to call them up back to back at the window and pile them up again less than 6ft apart all while asking patients to fill out a covid form asking if they have been near someone with covid. Dont wait till someone complains to take action if its busy have a plan in place read more

If I could give 0 stars I would this place is the worst I got here and waited 10 minuets before anyone even showed up at the window I asked for them to check to see if my doctor had sent lab slip I was told to wait. So now I have been waiting for 30 minuets and still no one has acknowledged me. read more

NOTE: This location has moved and the Yelp address has not yet updated. The new location is 8831 Brimhall, Suite 901 (close to Coffee Rd). This office is significantly understaffed, it's freezing, and uncomfortably quiet. Anticipate waiting more than an hour to have your blood drawn, at the least. read more

Horrible wait, they take all the time in the world just to process an order. I've experience really bad employees that don't seem to know what they are doing. Moreover, my toddler has also has been affected by this, which is really why I'm writing this. She needed a blood work done and the one person in charge of drawing the blood didn't know how to do it efficiently, what should've been 2 min took 15 min... my daughter was horrified screaming that it was hurting, especially because the woman kept moving the needle to see if she could get more blood that way. Completely frustrating! read more

During this pandemic, the staff at the West Pac Labs on Cypress, are still pleasant. The male employee showed so much patience with all of the patients. read more

This pal is extremely slow they move at one speed and it's One Step Above stop don't go in the morning everybody has morning attitude it's sad because this is right close to my home for convenience but I'd rather drive to another pal so I don't have to deal with the attitude and slowness read more

I was disappointed with the COVID-19 precautions. Most specifically, there was no hand sanitizer available, only an empty dispenser. How hard is it to keep that filled? Probably more important, there was no lid on the toilet to protect you from aerosols during the flush. Again, this could be accommodated cheaply and is important. On the other phlebotomist was very good and had a good "bedside manner". However, because of the problems mentioned above, I'll look for other options, next time I need lab work done. read more

My doctor faxed my lab work 2x! PAL said they never received it. I arrived at 4pm. Called my doctor 2x. I confirmed with my doctor that they did fax the labs. By 4:50 PAL said they still have not received the faxes. I walked out frustrated, annoyed, and upset. This office is disorganized. The Pal staff are all over the place figuring out what the hell they are doing. SMH!!!! I walked over to UNIVERSAL urgent care! read more

If I could give zero stars I would. It's been an hour and they've only called back maybe 5 people. Still waiting with 5 people ahead of me. This is ridiculous. Never again. Pick any other one in Bakersfield. read more

Been waiting for an hour. Watching people wait for over an hour. Hear that there are two lab workers, full waiting area and one is going to lunch. Get more help, your business will be more effective. read more

Always slow, always unfriendly. It like I'm at the DMV. Don't expect anything to be quick...ever. Drop offs are even slow. Doesn't matter if you are the only customer in there. read more

Had to come and get blood drawn with my two young kids and one of the ladies took them out to the waiting room to let them keep playing while the lady did my blood. Thank you for being so nice! Definitely will be back for any blood work. read more

No wait. Excellent and friendly service. They were excellent in handling our special needs child.

They skipped over me and didn't seem to care. It is now the closest to my house but Im going to drive to another one. Horrible!!!

As a community we have had to be flexible and adapt to all of the challenges and hurtles Covid 19 has brought with it. Some business and providers have done well some not so much. Westpac labs has not. The lab staff are doing the best they can but the leader(s) seem to be challenged with making the environment user friendly both virtually and their in person services. The website is difficult to navigate and making an appointment is close to impossible. The communication in regards to walk-in or appointments is confusing at best. I pin point the leaders specifically because they are the ones who set the culture and provide for their staff to do their jobs well. I attempted to speak with the leaders about concerns and she became argumentative with no clear answers to some very clear problems. Unfortunately living in a small town limits our options but I do not think that means we should settle for poor care. Westpac stake holders I hope you get the message and step in to fill the gaps on such and important service for our community. read more

This is a fairly new location among their many patient services centers. I really appreciate the friendliness and professionalism of the people there. I don't walk easily any more and somebody was always right there to lend a hand with my walker and other things. When needed, somebody would bring me a chair to rest on. The first few months they were open it was necessary to move the sign in pad over to a reception area desk, but that flow works well now. I am a very satisfied customer. read more

Where do I begin my baby currently has pneumonia and I got a lab slip I checked in and about 5 mins later I was called for my daughter the lady began to draw blood on my 12 month old baby and missed not once but TWICE are you kidding me!!!!! This is a baby so then she called her fellow friend over to assist she poked her and got the blood going BUT NOT ENOUGH so guess what my poor baby has to get poked again!!!!!! So probably a Total of about 6 times if they don't miss the vein how fucken sad this is your job is to fine veins and draw blood I'm sorry if you can't do that why are you working here?? I am very upset!!!! And will never return to this location! read more

The service is slow and I think they are violating HEPA laws. There is no privacy during check in and they ask several personal questionsand everyone in the lobby can hear the conversation. read more

This place is dirty and when I called to check on my test since it had been 2 weeks, I was told by there main lab that there was no record of a blood draw and then the transferred me back to the clinic who wouldn't even talk to me!!! Do not go here read more

I walked into the Brimhall location because it's fairly new and I was hoping it wouldn't be as busy as some of their other locations. Upon my 6:30 am arrival the waiting room was only 1/3 full Good news as I was fasting and still had 1:15 min until I needed to be at work. I signed the sign in sheet and took my seat. I was listening intently each time a name was called anxious to get my blood drawn so I could get a bite to eat. My name was never called. This facility is not nearly as efficient as downtown where even a large room of people. Another customer asked if e had been forgotten and he was. So after 45 min of waiting I thought I'd better ask too. Since I still hadn't been asked for my insurance info. I was told they called my name. I'm sure they did not. They said they would call me back soon. After every person who was currently in the waiting room was called back (30 more min), I inquired again and was told there would be calling me back soon. I was forgotten TWICE! It still took awhile longer when an employee walked in the front door and then I was called back and saw the nice phlebotomist who had just arrived. The procedure took less than 5 minutes. I resisted sending the above note because I really don't like eating any business up based on a first impression. So I just let it sit unfinished until now. Today I had to go back for additional blood work 3 weeks after my last visit to this location. Since I didn't need to fast I arrived at 10:15 to a room with only a handful of people, great. I checked in and sat down. The way time was still 40 min today. They just didn't get things done efficiently, but at least I wasn't forgotten. Once called back the procedure took about 3 min. The busy downtown location is far more efficient. Seems some training is needed here. The 1 star I was going to give after my first experience still stands Try another location next time...I will read more

This is the most poorly run PAL in the entire chain. As I was entering my name on the register there was a lady complaining about the wait and that everyone that came in after her had already been seen. I thought she was just a complainer. After one hour and countless patients seen that came after me I became that lady. The check in person is absolutely clueless and has no idea of what is going on. After watching a few more people get called that had been there less than 10 minutes I got up and left. I wasted 75 minutes in the Brimhall location then drove to another location and was seen in 5 minutes. read more

I think the company is very incompetent they cant do the simplest of things. I think someone needs to step up and make these people do their job cause they are not at all wait times are completely unacceptable and for the simplest of tests you better believe they will lose it and not fax it to your doctor they are in no hurry at all its like they re all on heroine irritating as hell read more