Our Laboratory/Blood Draw section plays an important role in guiding the healthcare you receive at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. Roughly 80 percent of the information used by physicians to make important medical decisions is obtained by clinical laboratories. Our goal is to safely perform timely and accurate laboratory testing in a customer-oriented environment.
Services Offered
- Blood Bank
- Chemistry/Serology
- Cytology
- Hematology
- Microbiology
- Urinalysis
- Surgical Pathology and Autopsy
Lab Appointment Booking Option
Visit the Digital Appointment Portal (DAP) to book your appointments online.
To Make an Appointment
Select:
When Arriving for your Appointment
- Take a "I have an Appointment" Ticket.
- Have a seat and a phlebotomist will call you to the back to draw your labs.
- You will not be called to the front desk.
NOTE: If you are 5 minutes or more late for your appointment you will have to reschedule or take a ticket to be a walk-in patient.
Lab Process
A written lab order is documentation that includes the full patient name, date of birth, social security number and valid health care provider name with contact information.
All illegible or unclear orders must be verified by lab personnel prior to administering laboratory services.
Patients must present either a DoD ID card (CAC) or driver’s license with photo upon arrival to the outpatient phlebotomy clinic. Patients who cannot present appropriate Identification will be asked to visit Patient Administration to verify eligibility. Patients will be given a temporary eligibility form and will be asked to present a DoD ID card to the PAD within 30 days of their visit so as to avoid receipt of invoice for received services.
NOTE: The outlying clinics at Dumfries and Fairfax are not able to process lab requests from outside civilian purchase care providers. Patients with external requests for labs need to come to the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Laboratorywith a printed requisition or have it faxed to the Laboratory Main Fax number to process the order.
Contact Us
Phone
Main
571-231-4154
Main Fax
571-231-3987
Anatomical Pathology
571-231-3881
Anatomical Pathology Fax
571-231-6814
Hours
Monday–Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Weekends andHolidays: Closed
Location
Oaks Pavilion
Main Laboratory:Lower Level
Outpatient Blood Draw:Floor 1, Rm O1.205
Blood Bank:Floor 2
Links
Digital Appointment Portal (DAP)
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FAQs
The new name for the hospital is Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center, named after Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta of Norfolk. Augusta was the first African American physician in the United States Army and the first Black professor of medicine in the United States.
What is Fort Belvoir known for? ›
Since the 1930s Fort Belvoir has primarily been a technical and engineering training center and unit home, and host of various military units and government agencies; until the 1980s it was home of the US Army Engineering School, and continues to be home of the principal engineering development and testing laboratory.
What level of trauma is Fort Belvoir Community Hospital? ›
The facility maintains a 24-hour emergency department and level III trauma center, but, like most U.S. military hospitals, transfers patients in need of higher care to equipped civilian medical facilities.
Does Fort Belvoir have a dining facility? ›
Dining Facility (Eagles Nest DFAC)
Why is Fort Belvoir being renamed? ›
The name "Fort Belvoir" will not change, a DOD commission has decided. While it was formerly a plantation, Fort Belvoir has no ties to the Confederacy, the DOD's naming commission decided. Welcome!
When did Fort Belvoir hospital open? ›
On Aug. 31, 2011, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital began serving patients with the arrival of a patient transferred from DeWitt Army Community Hospital. The new hospital is more than 1.2 million square feet, and includes 120 state-of-the-art inpatient rooms.
What is the highest trauma level hospital? ›
A Level I trauma center can provide the highest level of care for a patient presenting after a traumatic injury. A Level IV or V trauma center will stabilize an injured patient and arrange for transfer to a higher level of care. This designation is unique for adult and pediatric facilities.
How big is Fort Belvoir hospital? ›
Spanning over 1.2 million square feet in eight buildings, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in the Department of Defense network.
What does trauma mean in the hospital? ›
Trauma care teams treat patients that have critical injuries threatening life or limbs. These severely injured patients often require multi-disciplinary, comprehensive emergency medical services. Trauma surgeons have advanced training in procedures of a critical and invasive nature.
Who gets stationed at Fort Belvoir? ›
Belvoir strives to be home to all who live, work and play here. In addition to U.S. Army forces, the U. S. Navy construction battalion, a Marine Corps detachment, one U. S. Air Force unit, and an agency of the Department of Treasury are also located at Fort Belvoir.
After more than six years of intricate and comprehensive planning, the new hospital is triple the size of its predecessor and the number of clinics and outpatient services is nearly doubling. Inpatient bed capacity triples from 40 to 120.
What city is outside Fort Belvoir? ›
Commute is king around Fort Belvoir. Families live as far north as Maryland and move south 40-50 miles toward Fredericksburg, Virginia, to maximize real estate dollars. Immediately outside of Fort Belvoir's gates lie the most common cities to live in: Alexandria, Arlington, Springfield, Burke, Woodbridge, and Lorton.
