stat lab
stat lab
Lab medicine A free-standing lab capable of performing an abbreviated battery of tests, and serving as a receiving 'node' for a larger lab to which the SL is ultimately responsible; SLs are intended to ↓ Pt length of hospital stay, ↓ turnaround time, ↑ Pt convenience, ↑ physician–client satisfaction, ↓ costsMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.