First-of-its-Kind Automated Laboratory Speeds Results for Regional Health
The core laboratory at Rapid City Regional Hospital has begun using a new state-of-the-art automated laboratory, the first of its kind in South Dakota. Hospital officials expect the new system from Beckman Coulter Diagnostics to hasten the delivery of critical test results to providers while decreasing the potential for error.
Accolades for Avera's Lab and Perinatal Care
The laboratory at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has once again earned 15189 accreditation from the College of American Pathologists’ International Organization for Standardization, making it the longest-standing, continuously accredited hospital lab in the country. The lab was the first in the US to earn this accreditation in 2009.