Monday – Friday 5:30a.m. until 10:00p.m.
            Saturday 7:00a.m. until 2:30p.m.
            Sunday 7:00 a.m. until 10:00a.m.

Patients are seen on a first come first serve basis, when ever possible.

After hour appointments may be made if it is impossible for you to come during the regularly scheduled hours listed above.  Appointments require 24 hour notice and are subject to delay if lab personnel are attending to emergency or acutely ill patients.  Appointments can be made by contacting the Patient Access Department at extension 1190 and requesting an “after hours appointment with laboratory”.

Phone: (815) 562-2181, Ext. 1510
Fax: (815) 561-3129

Laboratory Staff
The Manager of the Laboratory is a Registered Medical Technologist . The Technical Staff is comprised of Registered Medical Laboratory Technicians and Medical Technologists. Laboratory Aids are trained on site or have previous experience.

The RCH Laboratory provides routine and STAT testing for basic laboratory procedure for all age groups of patients. A daily courier service to SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford makes referred Lab testing and Pathology specimen testing possible. In the event a referred test is ordered STAT, it is immediately transported to the reference lab by our maintenance department.

A Pathologist from Northern Illinois Pathology makes a weekly visit to provide professional consultation. Frozen sections can be performed almost any day with a 24-hour notice.

EKG’s are read with an immediate computer read out. Over-reads on EKG’s are performed by Dr. Pitamber Persaud, Rockford Cardiology or Midwest Cardiology

The Laboratory provides area nursing homes with phlebotomy services and a Laboratory Referral Service.