Quest Diagnostics - Blood Draw Lab Shop

I keep getting an offer to go to a testing lab down the road from me.
At first it was a drug screen eurine test.
Now, they want me to let them draw vials of blood and then discard it without any testing.

Who here would let some lab tech fill vials of blood for $25 and have what is over an hour wait?!?

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I have done several of these. Never had to wait.

Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

I have taken an elderly relative there and waited an hour and a half last time for a eurine specimine.

Like most places, it depends on the day and time of day...

Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

I've done a couple of these, and the wait has been minimal. I don't mind these shops at all -- and it gives new meaning o the term "blood money."

I can only imagine the report on this shop.....

Did they wipe the area down with alcohol pad first?
How many times they stuck you to find the veign?
Did you get a bruise?
Did they smile as they stuck the needle in?
If you cried, were they sympathetic?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/2014 09:31AM by scanman1.

I've done similar shops but not for Quest--and they were in my home for "insurance". The reports for those were mostly about the contact with the lab tech--did they call ahead of time, did they arrive on time, were they professional, were you comfortable with the way they took your tests (BP, pulse, etc.). The person that did mine did not take my BP in the proper manner--she just pumped up the cuff 3 times in a row. They are supposed to take it 3 separate times, spaced out during the visit and at least once on each arm.

From what I've read about the shops that you go to the place for the tests, they are looking to see if they are following procedures to protect your sample and to make sure you are following procedure to give the sample--you can't flush the toilet after giving your sample, for example. They are supposed to check your ID carefully, you have to sign that yes you gave the sample and they seal the sample with that tape, etc.

Nobody that wants to cheat a urine test flushes the toilet.

I know a long haul trucker that should never be behind the wheel.

He keeps a Wizzinator on him at all times: [www.thewhizzinator.com]

I have done them. Feels a little sleazy, reminds me of junkies donating blood for money back in the day (before AIDS)
Anyway, I never had to wait long, but I went in the afternoon. If you go in the morning, you would have a longer wait, since there will be people who are getting fasting blood tests.

I would never have anyone draw blood from me, unless from my own doctor at a hospital lab. I am also a nurse, not just a Mystery shopper. There are many things that you could get from a dirty needle. HIV, Hepatitis and more.

I would never do any of the dental shops either, to many risks, certainly not worth the money. I wouldn't want to risk myself just to see if they are following procedures, what if they aren't.

I have always seen them in blister packs and I see them open them in front of me. Generally, around where I live, you have to go to a lab to get it drawn - very few doctors still hire phlebotomists around here,.

shopper8 Wrote:
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> I would never have anyone draw blood from me,
> unless from my own doctor at a hospital lab. I am
> also a nurse, not just a Mystery shopper. There
> are many things that you could get from a dirty
> needle. HIV, Hepatitis and more.
>
> I would never do any of the dental shops either,
> to many risks, certainly not worth the money. I
> wouldn't want to risk myself just to see if they
> are following procedures, what if they aren't.

But, if in fact, they are drawing blood for a living, you would think they are using clean, sterile needles. OSHA governs most laboratory testing centers, if I remember correctly.

I have done the urine test. I was in and out in 10 minutes (no line). I think I was paid in the $20 range. To do the blood, I would want closer to $30 for each place I was tested.

I have done the plasma donation shops and you are paid $75 from the facility, on top of the $35 you receive from the MSC. You can choose to donate rather than sell, and that's what we chose. My husband and I do these shops every three-four months. He has, on occasion, sold rather than donated, but for the most part, we donate.

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Plan the work. Work the plan.

I've done a few of these shops. I've never had to wait. I have a health condition where I get blood drawn pretty regularly, so it doesn't bother me at all.

I sold plasma last year at a lab in Charlotte. Out of the five times I went, they could complete the procedure only once. The other times they kept missing my vein, and once the power went out (that was lovely). The last time I went, I ended up with a massive hematoma. I swore I would never do that again! However, if they were shopped, I might reconsider...money talks after all.

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Quest Diagnostics has the same blood draw protocols and restrictions as a hospital lab or your doctor. My doctor has in fact sent me to Quest labs for bloodwork in the past. I would think any infraction that could occur with Quest could also occur at any doctor or hospital and as a medical professional myself (physician assistant) as well as shopper I don't see how doing this shop would put you at risk for any bloodborne diseases. As for ANY blood draw, be it for a shop or not, noone should ever stick a needle in you if you do not see them take it from a sealed package first. Every phlebotomist I have ever been to takes the needle out immediately before drawing blood as it would be impossible to put it down on anything without possible contamination. If the needle is seen laying out prior to blood draw, simply ask that a new one is used as I think most "normal patients" would do the same.

Quest is an extremely professional company with a government contract. As part of my last job I used to have urine drug screens on a regular basis - and they were observed which was horrific. If you don't want to wait long go early in the morning when they first open and try not to go after 5pm when people are getting off work.

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