Supporting Clinical Services

Laboratory (Pathology)

The Pathology Department at UHK provides a high quality diagnostic laboratory service to patients in Kerry and the wider catchment area. 

Key Services

The Pathology department provides a routine laboratory service from 8am – 8pm, Monday – Friday (excluding bank holidays). Outside of these hours there is an emergency out-of-hours service available from 8pm – 8am, Monday – Friday and 24 hour emergency out-of-hours service available on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. 

The Pathology Department is composed of five departments: Blood Transfusion (including Haemovigilence), Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, Microbiology & Molecular Diagnostics and Histopathology. 

The Central Specimen Reception (CSR) area handles routine queries and manages receipt and pre-processing of patient samples for Clinical Biochemistry and Haematology.