Company Information
Clongen Laboratories, LLC was founded in California in 1999. Clongen Laboratories is committed to helping health care professionals with their clinical diagnostics needs. Our company has two main divisions, the Clinical Laboratory Division and Life Sciences/Research Contract Division. We are in the process of separating administratively the two divisions and listing the services offered by each division in an independent website and the new changes will be announced soon.
Mission Statement
The mission of Clongen Laboratoeis is to improve health worldwide by providing clinical laboratory testing services in the areas of Microbiology, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Serology, and Molecular Diagnostics of more than 45 human pathogens. We have a special interest in orphan diseases and believe that early assessment and comprehensive management of complex chronic disease could save our national health care system billions of dollars each year and improve the health index in the United States and Worldwide. We seek to build and maintain the reputation of highest quality and reliability for the services that we offer and to advance this specialty area of medicine through education, research, and publications.
Service
Clongen Laboratories is directed by medical specialists in Microbiology, Virology, Molecular and Cell Biology. These full-time professionals are available for consultations with clients concerning significance of test results, unusual cases, and other technical matters. We do our best to assist the clinicians in selecting the most suitable tests for their patients and offer detailed explanations of test results and methodolgies at no charge.
Quality
At Clongen Laboratories, our goal is to provide our clients with timely, accurate and dependable test results and support services. Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, we are licensed by the state of Maryland and the Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) - CLIA to provide reference testing for other laboratories nationwide.
Innovation
Clongen Laboratories offers a broad range of specialty Molecular testing procedures for clinicians, hospitals, clinical laboratories and researchers. Our menu also includes routine health testing including Chemistry and Hematology panels (STAT Testing). We can develop customized protocols for clinical trials and any other special project required for investigational drugs, vaccines or other biologicals..
Research
While we have our own Diagnostics Development research projects, we welcome other research projects from external sources and are ready to assist you in developing a protocol and provide free consultation on external projects. Please call the Clongen Laboratory Director for further information.
Clinical Trials
Clongen Clinical Laboratory has available specific resources and capabilities for clinical trials and research projects. Contact the Clongen Laboratory Director for further information.
Turnaround Time
Test turnaround time is the number of days that will usually elapse between the time Clongen receives a specimen and the time the results of that specimen are released. More complex analytical methodologies may require more time. For up-to-date information on individual tests, please call client services at 1-877-256-6436.
Quality Assurance
The primary goal of the Quality Assurance program at Clongen Laboratories is to deliver quality results in a timely fashion to our clients. This program is designed to assess and monitor all aspects of the laboratory, from specimen collection kit construction and delivery through accessioning and specimen validation, assay performance, result reporting, and customer support.
The analytical performance of the laboratory is monitored through external and internal programs. External proficiency testing includes participation in programs conducted by the College of American Pathologists. Internal Quality control is monitored by running high standard quality control material with each run, running split samples within our own laboratory, and running split samples with other quality laboratories.
Licenses:
| Licensing Authority |
License Number |
Expiration Date |
| CLIA Department of Health |
21D1032144 |
10/4/2007 |
| Maryland |
1206 |
6/30/2008 |
Clinical Specialists
Clongen maintains a staff of scientists trained and licensed as clinical laboratory scientists to interpret test results in relation to clincial interventions. We do not offer medical advice but will be more than happy to offer phone consultations and test result interpretation. Please call 877-CLONGEN (256-6436) for assistance.
