Avera Sacred Heart Laboratory Department

Call (605) 668-8169 for further information

Avera Sacred Heart’s Clinical Laboratory Department is a full service laboratory and provides 'round-the-clock' services to the hospital, clinics and nursing homes.

The ASHH Laboratory is licensed through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA). Along with meeting these standards, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The Avera Sacred Heart Laboratory is part of the Avera Laboratory Network (ALN). ALN provides reference laboratory testing to other healthcare facilities in a 5 state region. 

Services by Physician’s Laboratory, Ltd.     

• Surgical pathology
• Cytopathology
• Hematopathology
• Clinical pathology                                                                       

Richard Strom, MD, is medical director of the ASHH Laboratory.