Hours:
Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wed 9:30 AM - 4:30PM
Location:
In Health Center basement
Contact:
- Lance Bracht , CLS
- Cara McKinley, CLS
- Monica Ramirez, Phlebotomist
Medical Services: Lab
- In-house laboratory tests including complete blood count, urinalysis, mononucleosis and pregnancy testing.
- Reference laboratory tests (special tests sent out to another laboratory)
- Phlebotomy
- Tests can be ordered from the Student Health Center clinicians or outside clinicians
Fasting Instructions:
If your clinician asks you to fast before having your blood drawn, do not eat for 12 hours. You may have water only. No juice, coffee or tea
Laboratory Test Results
Normal Results
When the results of laboratory tests are within normal limits, the SHC does not routinely contact patients.
Abnormal or Unexpected Results
When the results of laboratory tests are abnormal or unexpected, the SHC makes every effort to contact patients with the information and provide follow up advice and instructions:
- Results may be sent via Secure Electronic Messaging (see below)
- Results may be called to a student’s phone by the clinician if the number was provided to the clinician
Secure Messaging
Any messages from the UCSC Student Health Center (SHC) which contain Private Health Information (PHI) will be sent via Secure Electronic Messaging to the students UCSC e-mail address.
Fees:
- There is a Co-pay for In-house laboratoy tests
- Full charges for reference laboratory tests (at discounted rates) plus a handling fee
- Laboratory charges can be billed automatically to the student billing account or may be paid on the day of service at the Student Health Center front reception desk
- An itemized bill will be sent to patients to bill their private insurance carriers
- MEDI-CAL is not accepted at the Student Health Center