Richardson Lab Industries was founded on a simple idea. The way a sample is collected, sealed, transferred, analyzed, and reported determines whether the result is worth anything at all. We do that part better than anyone else in Harris County, then make the rest of the experience disappear.
Most labs operate at scale. Volume is the business. A sample goes in, a result comes out, and the steps in between are abstracted away. That works, until it doesn't. Until a chain of custody is questioned in court. Until an MRO review never happened. Until a positive turns out to be a poppy seed muffin.
We started Richardson Lab Industries to operate at a different altitude. Smaller volume, sharper protocols, every result reviewed by a Medical Review Officer before it leaves the building. We believe a laboratory should feel less like a factory and more like a craft.
Our team is small on purpose. Two collectors, an MRO, an analyst, and a coordinator. We answer the phone ourselves. We sign every report ourselves. And we serve Harris County because we live here.
Every collection is treated as if it might be reviewed in court tomorrow, because some of them will be.
Every non-negative result is reviewed by a certified MRO. No exceptions, no auto-released positives.
Private collection rooms, separate entrance, named recipient delivery. We protect the people we test.
You'll talk to a coordinator in Pasadena. We answer in three rings, or we call you back inside an hour.
Five people, each accountable for a part of the process you can't outsource. No call center. No agency MRO. No anonymous courier.
15 years in clinical lab operations. Built and ran two regional labs before starting Richardson. CLIA certified.
Board-certified in occupational medicine. Reviews every non-negative result before it leaves the lab.
Twelve years with GC/MS and LC/MS confirmation analysis. Quietly the most paranoid person on the team.
DOT-qualified collector since 2018. Trained on observed collections, court protocols, and donor de-escalation.
Runs the mobile unit. Post-incident specialist. ETA averages 47 minutes inside the Houston loop.
First voice on the phone. Books appointments, manages corporate accounts, sends your invoices on time.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certification, the federal benchmark for clinical lab operations.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Mandatory Guidelines for federal workplace testing.
49 CFR Part 40 compliant for FMCSA, FAA, FRA, FTA, USCG, and PHMSA programs.
End-to-end encryption on every report. Named-recipient delivery. No third-party processors.
College of American Pathologists laboratory accreditation, the gold standard for analytical accuracy.
Texas Department of State Health Services licensed for clinical testing operations.