LabPLUS operates a Phlebotomy Service for the collection of samples for laboratory testing. The department provides pre-analytical services for patients of Auckland City Hospital (ACH), Starship Children's Hospital (SSH), Green Lane Clinical Centre (GLCC) and Clinical Trial Research units.
Click Here for a map to Auckland City Hospital Adult Collection Rooms
The paediatric phlebotomy rooms offer a microcollection service to patients 0-17 years old and a venepuncture service to patients 2-17 years old.
If technically appropriate venepuncture collects may be performed on patients 1-2 years old. In some situations these patients may need to be referred back to their clinician or ward for a hospital doctor to collect. Please note that collects by a hospital doctor will involve a longer wait.
Venepuncture is not offered on patients less than 1 year old, these patients will need to be referred back to their clinician or ward for a hospital doctor collect.
For enquiries about the service please contact the Shared Services Manager.
Click Here for a map to Starship Children's Hospital Collection Rooms
Hours of Service: 16:00-07:30, Monday to Friday
Weekends and Public Holidays: 24 hours
The phlebotomy department provides an after hours service for paediatric microcollection.
Notification is via the ADHB Medtasker.
Please log all requests for collects scheduled before 07:30 via Medtasker, so the collector can triage urgent requests and optimise workflow.
Click Here for a map to Greenlane Clinical Centre Collection Rooms
Hours of Service: 16:00-00:00 (Midnight), Monday to Sunday (including Public Holidays)
The phlebotomy department provides a service by taking on some of the cannula insertion workload.
Notification is via the ADHB Medtasker. Please provide patient Name, NHI, Ward, Room & Bed number, and indicate what the request is for.
All urgent requests for cannulation or blood collection should be handled internally by the ward staff.
Due to the number of cannulation requests, which can take up to 2 hours to action, the Cannulation staff must prioritise requests.
Cannulation requests are prioritised as follows
In the event where demand exceeds capacity, these requests will be referred back to the wards or to the Clinical Nurse Advisor for action.
Please Note
There is no back up staff available from LabPlus for this service and it may not be available if the rostered staff member is on leave.
In this situation the clinical staff must take responsibility for cannulation.
Shared Services Manager