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.
Contact
General
General Laboratory Office –
General Result Enquiries:
Tel: (066) 71843634
Fax: (066) 718 4158
Central Specimen Reception – Specimen Enquiries:
(066) 7184157
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Laboratories/Departments
Blood Bank Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4366
Biochemistry Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4369
Haematology Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4367
Microbiology Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4368
Molecular Diagnostics Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4052
Histopathology Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4370
Haemovigilance Lab enquiries:
(066) 718 4155
IT and Quality Dept. enquiries:
(066) 718 4361
Key People
Dr. Grace Creedon, Laboratory Manager
Prof. M. Cahill, Consultant Haematologist
Dr M Louw, Consultant Chemical Pathologist
Dr Joy Baruah, Consultant Microbiologist
Ms. Carol Shanahan, Pathology Quality Manager
Ms. Mary Foley, Pathology IT Manager
Mr. C. Power, Chief Medical Scientist (Microbiology)
Ms. H. Reid, Specialist Scientist – Blood Bank
Mr. J. O’ Mahony, Specialist Scientist – Biochemistry
Mr. D Burke, Specialist Scientist – Haematology
Ms. N. Lovett, Specialist Scientist – Microbiology
Ms. J. Lyne Specialist, Scientist – Molecular Diagnostics
Ms. K. Ashmann, Laboratory Lead – CSR
Ms. M. O’ Riordan, Haemovigilance Officers
Ms. N. Hunt