ARUP Laboratories - Key Facts

Key Facts

• ARUP Laboratories is a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology.
• ARUP performs over 99 percent of all testing on-site, operating 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
• ARUP offers more than 3,000 tests and test combinations, ranging from routine screening tests to esoteric molecular and genetic assays.
• ARUP processes 30,000–35,000 specimens of blood, body fluid, and tissue biopsies per day.
• ARUP serves clients across the United States, including many of the nation's top university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, as well as multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and other government facilities, and major clinics.
• ARUP is a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development, led by the efforts of the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology.
• ARUP was selected by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2003 and 2004.
• ARUP has received numerous awards related to workplace quality, including a 2006 American Psychological Association’s National Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award.
• ARUP places a strong emphasis on promoting an employee-focused working environment and includes many on-site service benefits, including a cafeteria serving healthy dining options, family health clinic, wellness center, and child-care facility. Many of these services are free for employees and their dependents.
• The Utah Breastfeeding Coalition recognized ARUP as part of its statewide initiative to increase the number of businesses that provide lactation support to nursing mothers.
• ARUP received this award from the Utah Council for Worksite Health Promotion in recognition of its commitment to promoting a healthy lifestyle at the workplace.