Clinical Laboratories

The Central Laboratories of HYGEIA Hospital offer a great variety of laboratory tests ( in blood, urine, stool and other biological material), and contribute in:

• Disease diagnosis
• Treatment follow-up
• Detecting pathological deviations before they manifest themselves

Central Laboratories feature state-of-the-art equipment and an information technology system that allows continuous control of sample processing and examination execution.

Central Laboratories feature the following departments

• Haematology
• Blood bank
• Biochemistry
• Bacteriology
• Immunology – Hormones
• Urine Chemistry- Parasitology
• Special laboratory tests

The Central Labs are certified to ELOT EN ISO 15189:2012 for clinical trials by the National Accreditation System (ESYD), the official Greek accreditation body.

Apart from the implementation of a quality system, this standard certifies the technical ability of the lab to perform specific tests, meaning that strict procedures are in place in terms of technical issues and testing methodology, so that the lab results are valid and comparable.

The clinical trials the lab have been certified to conduct are listed in the Accreditation Certificate and the official accreditation scope, available here.

Advisory Services 
The experienced laboratory staff are qualified scientists who meet the requirements of ISO 15189 (5.1.2 & 5.1.6). They communicate with all the users of the service offered by the Lab, based on the regulations implemented by the HYGEIA Hospital Clinical Lab Committee. Specifically the Lab:

• Performs the tests that are selected by each patient’s clinical/attending physician.
• Provides information on the need to perform certain tests that are necessary for the treatment process.
• Offers additional, interpretive notes on the test results.
• Ensures that a test requested by a clinical physician is necessary and useful.
• Gives instructions on patient and sample preparation, as well as the limitations of the requested test.
• Proposes the materials and tests that would lead to useful results for diagnosis and treatment purposes.
• Informs the clinical/attending physician of any deviation from the acceptable limits, which may affect the analysis of the sample.
• Provides additional information on the usefulness and the clinical conclusions arising from the test results.
• Proposes extra tests for the same sample, but using different methodologies, so that the result is documented effectively.

Current investigational interests:

• Bacterial resistance
• Dabigatran plasmaconcentration using current and new methods