Laboratory services provide a full range of services such as blood collection, colon cancer screening tests and more to patients within Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and other healthcare facilities across the province.

We offer various services such as 

  • outpatient blood collection services, 
  • colon screening tests, 
  • STAT, routine, and specialized testing in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Chemistry, Hematopathology, Microbiology, Transfusion Medicine, Cytogenetics, and Transplant Immunology. 

VCH's specialty services have been developed with emphasis in bone marrow and solid organ transplantation, oncology, neurosciences and trauma. 

The laboratories are also major teaching centres, working with educational institutions for the training of medical personnel including physicians, technologists, and laboratory assistants.

Booking appointments

Find this service near you and learn hours of operation for each service location, and how to book your appointment, prepare for your appointment and get your results.

Preparing for a test

Visit the Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services website for common questions and collection instructions available in multiple languages.

Preparing for a Test - Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services

For Clinical Decision Values please refer to the BC MSP website on found on the Guidelines by Alphabetical Listing - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)

Find this service near you

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  • Laboratory Services at Bella Coola General Hospital

    1025 Elcho Street Bella Coola
  • Laboratory Services at Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre

    2775 Laurel Street Vancouver
  • Laboratory Services at Lions Gate Hospital

    231 East 15th Street North Vancouver
  • Community health centres

    Laboratory Services at Pemberton Health Centre

    1403 Portage Road, PO Box 8 Pemberton
  • Laboratory Services at qathet General Hospital

    5000 Joyce Avenue Powell River
  • Laboratory Services at Richmond Hospital

    7000 Westminster Hwy, Room 2552 (2nd floor, South Tower) Richmond
  • Laboratory Services at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital

    5544 Sunshine Coast Highway Sechelt
  • Laboratory Services at Squamish General Hospital

    38140 Behrner Drive Squamish
  • Laboratory Services at UBC Hospital

    2211 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver
  • Community health centres

    Laboratory Services at Whistler Health Care Centre

    4380 Lorimer Road Whistler
  • Laboratory Services at ƛ̓uxválásu̓ilas Heiltsuk Hospital

    88 Waglisla Street Bella Bella