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Lab Testing

All Ages Pediatrics PC is a full-service pediatrics practice that’s provided comprehensive care for those living in and around Ottumwa, Iowa, for nearly 30 years. For your convenience, pediatrician Eric Dodson, DO, offers onsite lab testing for many common conditions that affect children and teens. The practice also offers COVID-19 testing. To learn more about the available lab testing services, call the office or book an appointment online today.

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Lab Testing Q & A

What is lab testing?

Lab testing uses blood, urine, or tissue samples to assess your child’s health and diagnose disease. All Ages Pediatrics PC is a full-service pediatric practice that offers onsite lab testing.

With onsite lab testing, Dr. Dodson gets information about your child’s health quickly. It also saves you the hassle of having to go to another clinic or lab for testing.

What types of lab testing are available?

All Ages Pediatrics PC offers many in-office lab testing services. Some of the services available include:

  • Blood testing
  • Lipid profile screening
  • Urinalysis
  • Pregnancy test
  • Hemoglobin test for anemia
  • Blood test for lead
  • Influenza culture test
  • Strep culture test
  • RSV test
  • Viral PCR

All Ages Pediatrics PC also performs vision and hearing tests to assess health and function.

How do I know what type of lab testing my child needs?

Dr. Dodson determines what types of lab testing your child needs during their visit. Some lab tests are performed during your child’s annual wellness exam to assess their general health.

Other lab tests may be requested during sick visits to determine the root cause of your child’s symptoms so Dr. Dodson ensures your child gets the right treatment.

What are allergy shots?

Allergies are chronic and may affect your child’s quality of life. Allergy shots are a treatment option that may help lessen your child’s allergy symptoms over time and prevent new allergies from forming.

Allergy shots can help children with insect allergies, environmental allergies, or pet allergies.

For comprehensive allergy care for your child, call All Ages Pediatrics PC or book an appointment using the online scheduling tool today.

What is the COVID-19 test?

The COVID-19 test checks for an active COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 is a disease caused by the highly contagious severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2).

All Ages Pediatrics PC offers both rapid and normal COVID testing.

What are COVID-19 shots?

Rapid COVID-19 Testing

Rapid COVID-19 testing is either a PCR test or an isothermal test that provides results within a few minutes or a few hours. The rapid COVID test may be recommended if your child has obvious COVID-19 symptoms. These are both nucleic acid amplification tests (NAA,) not antigen tests.

  • Spotfire Viral Panel = PCR (15 minutes)
  • Abbott ID Now = isothermal (15 minutes)
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