Ever wondered why you need to present your MCP card to get blood work done?

Let’s take a trip through the lab process shall we?

It all starts with you, as a patient which you probably just finished seeing the doctor, and he hands you over a requisition for Lab. So you make an appointment or walk- In into a blood collection location and stop at the front desk. You are then asked for your requisition and MCP Card. You think to yourself well my MCP number is on the Requisition? Do you still need my MCP? Hmmm….?

The answer is Yes. 

The receptionist, medical lab assistant, or nurse uses your MCP Card to verify the information on your card like your first name, middle name, last name, date of birth, MCP number, and even the expiry date on the card. We make sure all the information on your card matches the information on your lab requisition.

Yay! Everything matches! 

Now we can take that information and make labels to correctly label your lab specimens such as your blood tubes, urine cup, or swabs. Your specimens are now ready to be processed in a Laboratory. All your specimens will be processed and resulted with all the right information back to the doctor. All thanks to you, as a patient for providing your MCP card.