MISSION

We provide comprehensive specialized, non-urgent and selected urgent testing that achieves financial savings through economies of scale in utilization of technology, resources, and specialization.

We assure quality testing and timely delivery of results for the Northern California Region.

We support the Medical Centers by providing integrated client-focused and quality service.

We serve as a vehicle for the implementation of new medical practices through technological leadership and innovation, education, training and other consultative support.

The Regional Laboratories are dedicated to innovation and excellence in patient care, education, community service, and research for the communities served in the Northern California Region.

The Regional Laboratory at Berkeley was founded in 1977 and has been in continuous service since. The Marina Way South campus, a state-of-the-art laboratory facility, opened in 2004. Both campuses are licensed by the California State Department of Health Services to perform clinical assays and are accredited by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and by the College of American Pathologists.

The Regional Laboratories maintain a stringent quality assurance program, which includes proficiency testing through the College of American Pathologists and extensive quality control procedures to assure accuracy and reliability of test results.

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