Talk:Tag:healthcare=laboratory
Latest comment: 8 months ago by Aharvey
"A medical laboratory is usually open to the public and equipped with measuring instruments" - really? Is it normal that you go inside laboratory itself? Where samples are tested/measured? Or is healthcare=laboratory supposed to be used for place where samples of blood/urine/etc are collected? How places where actual testing takes place are tagged then? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 08:05, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- the page now clarifies that the laboratory is for the analysis, even though some may be open for sample drop off. --Aharvey (talk) 02:34, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
Resolved - @Aharvey, it's not coherent with "healthcare=sample_collection - if samples are collected and laboratory is elsewhere", how can we know it's for sample collection too? --Nospam2005 (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Nospam2005: What Mateusz quoted isn't present on the wiki page any more, so I marked it resolved. It now says "a place which performs analysis and diagnostics (physicochemical, biochemical, hematologic, immunological, microscopic, bacteriological, etc.) on body fluids such as blood, urine and faeces. A medical laboratory is sometimes open to the public for sample collection, but may only accept samples which were collected elsewhere. It is equipped with measuring instruments, employing professional lab and medical staff. It may be an independent entity or a part of a hospital or clinic." so if the facility only collects samples but doesn't analyse them onsite then it's a
healthcare=sample_collection, if it's a facility that only analyses samples but doesnt collect them it'shealthcare=laboratory, if it's a facility that analyses samples but allows customers to drop off samples then it'shealthcare=laboratory+sample_collection=yes. If it's a facility that analyses sampleshealthcare=laboratorybut has a dedicate area where staff collect your sample than I'd tag the dedicated area seperatly ashealthcare=sample_collection. Aharvey (talk) 21:02, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Nospam2005: What Mateusz quoted isn't present on the wiki page any more, so I marked it resolved. It now says "a place which performs analysis and diagnostics (physicochemical, biochemical, hematologic, immunological, microscopic, bacteriological, etc.) on body fluids such as blood, urine and faeces. A medical laboratory is sometimes open to the public for sample collection, but may only accept samples which were collected elsewhere. It is equipped with measuring instruments, employing professional lab and medical staff. It may be an independent entity or a part of a hospital or clinic." so if the facility only collects samples but doesn't analyse them onsite then it's a
- @Aharvey, it's not coherent with "healthcare=sample_collection - if samples are collected and laboratory is elsewhere", how can we know it's for sample collection too? --Nospam2005 (talk) 13:37, 21 January 2026 (UTC)