Directions (Clinical Rotations)
UNC Hospitals Laboratories
All laboratories are on the first floor of the main hospital.
UNC Hillsborough Hospital
430 Waterstone Drive Hillsborough, NC 27278
You may park (for free) in the lot at the front of the hospital building that is designated for patient parking. HBH is also accessible by bus; Triangle Transit route 420. Enter through the front door and speak to the registration desk/front desk staff. Notify them that you are with UNC and are there for your clinical laboratory rotation. Ask the front desk staff to call the lab and request that someone come and escort you to the lab.
UNC Eastowne Medical Office Building
Eastowne Medical Office Building is at 100 Eastowne Drive. (This is near the intersection of Hwy 15-501 and I-40.) It is on the CL bus route, or you may drive. You may park in the deck (for free) on levels G, 4, 5, or 6. (Levels 1-3 are reserved for patients.)
When you arrive on your first day, check in at the front desk and tell them you are a student there for the laboratory. They will call someone or escort you to the lab.
UNC Rex Healthcare Laboratory
4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607
Come to the Main Entrance for the first day. There is a parking garage across from the Main Entrance. Parking is free. Go straight down the Main Entrance hallway to the end, turn right. The lab is the third door on the left. Just let the desk know that you are there to see Ms. Billings or Ms. Hughes.
UNC Rex Holly Springs Hospital
850 S. Main St., Holly Springs, NC 27540
Park in the lot across the street from the hospital. The entrance is next to the Emergency Department, and the lab is on the 2nd floor of the building. When you arrive on the first day, ask for Jason or Shreya.
Duke University Medical Center Laboratories
Main Hospital (Duke North) 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710; Morris Building (Duke South) 200 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710
Transfusion Medicine: From the Duke North lobby, look for signs to the Emergency Department. You will walk toward the right down a hallway. About halfway down the hallway, there is an entrance to the ED on the left with signs for the Transfusion Service. Follow those signs to the lab.
Microbiology: From the Duke North lobby, walk past the information desk on the right. Continue to the right of the elevators and take the hall to the immediate right (towards Eye center, Starbucks, Subway and DUHS Clinical Laboratories). Follow the long carpeted hallway toward DUH Clinical Labs. Microbiology will be on the right (Wadsworth Bldg.)
Duke Morris Building (Hematology – DU(M)): Walk into the main entrance of the Duke Clinic building and walk straight ahead, following signs for the grey elevators. Continue to walk forward, walking past the grey elevators and follow the sign toward the blue, red and yellow elevators. At the next intersection, turn right onto the main concourse and walk past the blue elevators. Continue straight, and take the staircase on the left-hand sides, just before Clinic 1A. Alternatively, you can continue a little further and you’ll see the white elevators on your right. Either way, go down 1 floor to the Basement level. Out of both the stairs and elevators, take an immediate left turn, and the Morris lab will be on your left. Ring the doorbell and a tech will let you in.
Duke Clinical Pediatric Laboratory (Hematology – DU(P)): The Clinical Pediatric Laboratory is located in Duke University Medical Center – Hospital North on Erwin Road (at the intersection of Erwin Rd. and Fulton St.) Remember: The Children’s Health Center building is also on Erwin Rd and is located beside the North Hospital. We are NOT located in the Children’s Health Center. After walking into the main entrance of the hospital on Erwin Road, take the lobby elevator to the 5th floor. Leaving the elevator take a right and follow the hall to the 2nd hallway. Take a left and then a quick right; we are down the hall in Rm 5533 (across from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit).
Ring the doorbell and someone will let you in.
Special Hematology (On the first day of this rotation, report to Rm 0216 Duke South, Orange Zone): When you are facing the front entrance to Duke South/Clinics you will see an older building to the left. Go to this building and take Entrance 2. Special Heme is down the steps to the left.
Coagulation (1520 Hudson Building): From the Duke North lobby, walk past the information desk on the right. Continue to the right of the elevators and take the hall to the immediate right (towards Eye center, Starbucks, Subway and DUHS Clinical Laboratories). Follow the long carpeted hallway toward DUH Clinical Labs. Straight ahead will be DCAL: Duke Central Automated Lab. (Hudson Bldg.)
Note: Go to the Central Specimen Drop-off window and have them call Coag. to open the door.
Duke Regional Hospital
3643 N. Roxboro Rd, Durham N.C. 27704
Upon arrival at Duke Regional, please park in visitor parking. Enter the main entrance. Let the front desk personnel you are here to see Gale Linens in the laboratory. Take the elevators to the second floor and follow the signs to the lab. You will need to be let in, the buzzer is on the side of the wall. Once in the lab walk around to the big window. Tell the staff that you are a UNC CLS student there for rotation. At that time the student will be directed to Gale Linens or the MLS Advanced trainer.
WakeMed Laboratories
3000 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610
Park in the “P1” Visitor parking deck. From level 3 there is a bridge that will take you to the visitor lobby. On your first day, just call the clinical coordinator listed on your syllabus and someone will meet you and show you the way to the laboratory.
Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center Laboratories
508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705
When you are facing the hospital you will see a Patient Entrance and the Ambulance Entrance. The map below shows the elevators which are nearest the ED (brown elevators). If you want to enter there you should see an information desk with greeters who can help you.
Another option is to follow the open walkway near the dropoff circle & flagpole. When you go through the doors at the end of the walkway you will see Starbucks to your left, and directly across from that are the blue elevators. Labs are on the 3rd floor, follow the signs in the hallways.
