Licenses & Accreditation
All testing locations within the Department of Laboratory Medicine, UW Medicine are subject to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88). Washington State's clinical laboratory licensure program has been judged by the Federal Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as equivalent to CLIA and was granted an exemption from the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Our CLIA number is maintained by the Washington State Department of Health as part of the Medical Test Site licensure program.
Our laboratories are located in six facilites in the University community, all of those locations have individual licenses and accreditations. Please refer to the list below for each locations' licenses, image of certification and testing services.
Laboratory Medicine has never experienced a limitation, suspension, probation or voluntary relinquishing of a license, certification or accreditation.
CAP Accreditations
- University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) #2463701
- UW at Hall Health Primary Care Center #2463704
- Harborview Medical Center (HMC) #2463716
- UW Virology at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center #2463719
- UWMC at Roosevelt #2463730
- UW Molecular Virology Laboratory #2463735
- UW Hematopathology Lab #7198416
Washington State Medical Test Site / CLIA Licenses
- University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) #50D0631935 [134k pdf*]
- UW at Hall Health Primary Care Center #50D0877020 [121k pdf*]
- Harborview Medical Center (HMC) #50D0631627 [119k pdf*]
- UW Virology at Children's Hospital & Regional MC #50D0668705 [121k pdf*]
- UWMC at Roosevelt #50D0896226 [122k pdf*]
- UW Molecular Virology Laboratory #50D0921396 [1.3M pdf*]
- UW Hematopathology Lab #50D1064286 [121K pdf*]
- Point of Care - UWMC #50D1020926
- Point of Care - Roosevelt / Hall Health #50D1020927
- Point of Care - Harborview Medical Center #50D1020929 [119k pdf*]
- Point of Care - Harborview Off-Site Clinic #50D1020930 [116K pdf*]
Previous Accreditations
Additional Regulatory Information
- National Provider Number (NPI) #1710105010
- Tax Identification Number - TIN #91-6001537
Affiliated Laboratory
Performing Lab Codes
In downstream systems and printed reports, the following codes are used to identify the lab performing the test:
Code |
Laboratory |
| UW | University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) |
| HH | UW at Hall Health Primary Care Center |
| HV | Harborview Medical Center (HMC) |
| CV | UW Virology at Children's Hospital & Regional MC |
| R2 | UWMC at Roosevelt |
| EV | UW Molecular Virology Laboratory |
| HP | UW Hematopathology Laboratory |
| AL | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Lab |
| RF | Performed by outside reference laboratory. See result. |
Last updated: 12/21/2007
