Blood draws are done at several locations and labs at UPMC Children’s. They may be done during a doctor’s visit (outpatient) or while your child is a patient in the hospital. Most outpatient blood draws follow a similar process. After you have checked in at the Registration Desk, you will be asked to sit in the waiting area.
- We invite one parent or guardian to stay with your child during the test. Other adults and siblings must stay in the waiting room during the test.
- You and your child will be called to the examining room. The blood draw will be done by a specially trained nurse or lab technician.
- You may ask any questions or discuss concerns about your child’s test at this time.
- Your child may wear normal clothes to the test.
- Your wait time will vary depending on how many children are being seen that day and the type of test that has been ordered for your child. Since every child is different, the length of time needed to do each test also will vary. Please be patient with the medical staff.