August 2014 by Jamie C.
Wow, Im surprised I'm the first one to review this place. This medical building is buzzing! Look at the parking lot at any time of the day, it is always full. Its only appropriate these Drs offices have a lab nearby to draw blood and collect specimens. United West Lab is one of two labs that I know in the 7230-Medical Ctr Drive building. UWL is: -on 3rd floor -has a tiny, awkwardly shaped, black n white checkered wait area -Staff is chipper -Staff is not as fast as Quest diagnostics (that has 10x the flow of patients) located in the same building, 3 floors up. -Note: They DO answer their phone, unlike Quest. I called after closing time, surprised that they answered and were genuinely nice. For adults it looks the blood draws are fast with little to no wait. For little ones, on the other hand, they didn't have the proper tools to accomplish a simple blood draw for a potassium check. United West Lab must be associated with the hospital--West Hills Medical Center because they called them to ask what they needed to use on a baby and then ran over to pick up what they needed (a heel stick) to finish the job. Reason for a 3 star review-- our labwork that was stat (test done immediately) was not a good draw, needed a re-do, so we wasted an hour, yes an hour. Plus we needed to go to another lab and start over. And...they got blood on our new car seat :/ For adults this place be convenient but for the little shoot for Children's Lab in Encino, if your insurance allows it. They are experienced as they only draw from kids.
