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LMA Central Laboratory

Charleston, SC - Lowcountry Medical Associates moved into its new medical laboratory building in October 2006. The free-standing building is located at 4450 Leeds Place West off the Leeds Avenue exit from Interstate 526.

"Having outgrown our space in West Ashley, we are delighted to be in our new building specifically designed to be a medical laboratory," remarks Dr. Levern Livingston, medical director of the laboratory. "We utilized the consulting expertise of Dr. William Crymes, a pathologist in Charleston who has designed several medical laboratories. "Understanding operational efficiencies for a high volume of laboratory specimens was critical in the planning of our building,” continues Dr. Livingston. "The facility is 7,500 sqare feet and has 18 laboratory personnel. Our laboratory processes approximately 1000 tests per day for LMA physicians and area physicians referring to our lab," says Jami Page, laboratory director.

LMA's Laboratory has earned the Laboratory Excellence Award for two consecutive laboratory inspections with the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA). Laboratories who are accredited by COLA are recognized by the Joint Commission and state agencies as exceeding industry standards. 

The LMA Laboratory houses state-of-the-art instruments that add to the efficiency of operations. These instruments provide functionality for testing in areas of chemistry, special chemistry, allergy, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and microbiology. All processes provided by the LMA lab allow for improved turnaround time, reduced costs, increased labor efficiency and high quality results for better patient care.

National Laboratory week is April 22-28th. LMA salutes our hard working laboratory professionals.