IMPORTANT - MARCH 2023
A new computer system is currently being installed in the CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre specimen centers. Although our teams are working to reduce the impact of this situation on appointments, delays may be encountered during your visit.
By appointment only, blood tests, urine samples and other samples are free.
At each visit, you must bring:
- the request from your doctor, duly completed, signed and dated;
- your valid health insurance card.
If you have an electronic requisition, please send it to: ·
- RLS Champlain : prelevements.cclm.cisssmc16@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
- RLS du Haut-Richelieu-Rouville : prelevements.hrr.cisssmc16@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Please read the following instructions carefully. Some tests have special instructions.
Do I need to be fasting for my test?
Several tests no longer require you to be fasting. We strongly recommend that you consult the Liste des analyses nécessitant d’être à jeûn (List of tests that require fasting)before making an appointment online.
If you need to be fasting, we recommend you make an appointment first thing in the morning. Note that the afternoon time slots are reserved for users aged 8 and over.
Instructions for children aged 7 and under
Installations |
Consignes |
CLSC Saint-Hubert |
Parents of children aged 7 and under must make an appointment before 11:00 a.m. |
CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) |
Parents of children aged 7 and under must make an appointment before 3:30 p.m. |
CLSC Richelieu |
Parents of children aged 7 and under must make an appointment before noon only. |
CLSC de Henryville |
Parents of children aged 7 and under must go to the CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts or to the CLSC Richelieu. |
50-gram or 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test
Please note that this test must be carried out by appointment before 9:30 a.m. When you make your appointment, if there is no time slot available before 9:30 a.m., please call the telephone appointment centre of your CLSC:
- CLSC Saint-Hubert: 450-445-4452, poste 612366
- CLSC Samuel-de-Champlain: 450-445-4452, poste 612366
- CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu): 1-866-967-4825, poste 3511
- CLSC Richelieu: 1-866-967-4825, poste 3511
Duration :
- The 50-gram test takes 1 hour.
- The 75-gram test takes 2 hours.
These tests are not available at the CLSCs of Henryville and Saint-Césaire, as well as at the Lacolle point of service. Patients of these territories must go to one of the specimen centers mentioned above.
Special instructions for certain tests
The following tests are done only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with an appointment:
- HLAB27
- MHFE (hemochromatosis gene)
- Tylym (lymphocyte typing)
- CD4-CD8
- Karyotype test
- Fragile X syndrome
- PPMP
- Cyclosporine
Note that cortisol testing is done Monday to Friday, between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. only, with an appointment.
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) : Please note that this test is done in the morning, by appointment only, Monday to Wednesday. The test is also done Thursday morning, before 9:00 a.m. by appointment only. This analysis is available at the CLSC Samuel-de-Champlain and at the CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
Lactose, Prolactin and Xylose
Please note that this test must be carried out by appointment before 9:30 a.m. at one of the following testing centres:
- CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- CLSC de Richelieu
Please allow for a stay of 1-1/2 to 2 hours at the CLSC.
For the Lactose and Xylose test, you need to be fasting 8 hours.
List of tests done only at the hospital
Some tests must be done at the hospital with a request from a doctor:
- Tests that are done at the Charles-Le Moyne hospital
Charles-Le Moyne hospital : these tests are done with an appointment. To take an appointment, you have to call 450 466-5000, extension 5054, from Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. - Tests that are done at the Haut-Richelieu hospital
Haut-Richelieu hospital : these tests are done with an appointment. To take an appointment, you have to call 450 359-5000, extension 2323, from Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Specimen centre schedules and appointments
*Specimen are Closed on Holidays
Specimen centre |
WITH appointment |
CLSC Saint-Hubert |
Monday to Friday |
CLSC Samuel-de-Champlain (5811, boulevard Taschereau) |
Monday to Friday |
CLSC de Henryville |
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday |
CLSC de Saint-Césaire |
Monday to Friday |
Point de chute de Lacolle |
Wednesday |
CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (978, boulevard du Séminaire Nord) |
Monday to Friday |
CLSC du Richelieu |
Monday to Friday |
Container pick-up and drop-off
Specimen centers |
Instructions |
CLSC Saint-Hubert |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. |
CLSC Samuel-de-Champlain (Brossard) |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. |
CLSC de la Vallée-des-Forts (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Closed between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.) |
CLSC Richelieu |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. |
CLSC de Henryville |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 7 :30 a.m. and 9 a.m. |
Point de chute de Lacolle |
Specimen containers can be picked up and dropped off without an appointment, between 7 :30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. |
Test results
Note that the specimen centres do not give out test results. Your doctor will inform you of your results.