Laboratory Services

We help families, caregivers and patients by providing important lab tests to better understand their health.
About

Laboratory Services is part of BC Women's Hospital. We offer a variety of tests, including blood and urine tests and other lab analyses. These tests help diagnose health conditions in infants, children and youth. 

We offer a variety of tests, including blood and urine tests and other lab analyses. These tests help diagnose health conditions in infants and women.  

Our priority is delivering accurate and timely results to inform effective patient care. Our team works with your doctors so that they have accurate test information to guide treatment and care.

Referral information

​You need a requisition fro​m your health care provider to use our laboratory services.

Appointment details

Outpatient appointments 

Outpatient appointments are only available for patients with provider orders for: 
  • Sweat test collections 
  • Oral glucose tolerance testing
Your clinic may book your lab appointments for these specific orders. If you are booking your own appointment or need to cancel or reschedule these appointments, please call 604-875-2139 and choose option 2.

Our outpatient lab for routine blood collections is available for walk-in services only.
Prepare for visit

What to bring

  • Your BC Services Card (provincial health number)
  • Your lab requisition
Please review the requisition to make sure it includes the following information:
  • Full name, contact information (including address) and MSP number of the doctor ordering these tests. Note: we do not accept requisitions from naturopaths
  • Correct information about yourself, including legal name, date of birth, BC Services Card number, and gender.  If there is an error, please contact the doctor who gave you the requisition. They will need to correct the error before we can do the test(s)
  • Check that the doctor who gave you the requisition has signed and dated it. Sometimes your doctor will delegate the signature to someone else in their office. Electronic signatures are acceptable
  • Review the requisition to see if you need to fast for any of the tests. Your doctor may have written the number of hours to fast on the requisition. If not, you should fast for 10-12 hours before you come to the lab. That means you are not allowed to eat or drink anything during that time. The only exceptions are water and medications.

Prepare for your test

See Preparing for a Test on the Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services website for detailed instructions on collecting samples.
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Contact and results
The doctor who ordered the tests will receive your results and will talk to you about any next steps.

MyCareCompass​ offers a fast and secure method for patients aged 16 and older to receive their results electronically. MyCareCompass is a free service.

Contact us

Room 2F40 (second floor)
BC Children's Hospital
4480 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC
V6H 3V4

Phone: 604-875-2139
Fax: 604-875-3134

Week days: 7:00am - 6:00pm
Weekends and statutory holidays: 11:00am - 1:00pm for newborn screen and bilirubin testing only

Online booking is currently n​ot available for this site.

Directions

  • Second floor of the BC Children’s Hospital main building
  • From entrance 11 off Oak Street, take the elevators opposite the gift shop to the second floor
  • Exit left from the elevators and go left again immediately
  • Walk down the long hallway towards the overhead sign marked “Blood Collection Laboratory”
  • Enter the lab through sliding glass doors surrounded by a wall mural
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