On the road for your health: Meet Noah, a lab courier at Salem Health

Ever wonder who helps get your lab results delivered fast and safely? 🚗
Meet Noah, a lab courier at Salem Health in Salem, Oregon, who drives hundreds of miles each year to make it happen.

“I take my job seriously, but I know how to have fun at the same time,” said Noah.

From snowy roads to sunny drives, Noah’s story shows how behind-the-scenes health care heroes — like Salem Health's team of 15 lab couriers — make a big impact, one stop at a time:

💙 7,500 specimen bags picked up annually
💙 15,000 stops made each year
💙 Serving eight Oregon communities (Salem, Keizer, Stayton, Independence, Monmouth, Dallas, Woodburn and Sublimity)

👉 Watch the full video to hear more from Noah and see how lab couriers help keep your health care moving.

Want to learn more about careers at Salem Health? Visit careers.salemhealth.org to explore opportunities and serve alongside amazing team members like Noah.

Learn more: https://careers.salemhealth.org

Video transcript:
"This is a great job because you're making a difference. My name is Noah Yisrael. I'm a lab courier with Salem Health. First time I seen it was when I was going to urgent care to get blood drawn and I seen a courier come through. I said, "Oh, wow. That's a cool job right there."

Noah has worked as a lab courier since 2017.

"I love my co-workers. I love my job, what I do. It's been a true blessing and everything for me. I love most that you have no one over your shoulder. You get to be in your car. You can think more, being out in the road and helping people, you know, picking up the specimens and bringing them back to so they can get the results for their health and everything."

Noah is one of Salem Health's 15 lab couriers. They pick up around 7,500 specimen bags each year.

"I take my job seriously, but I know I had to have fun at the same time. My favorite part of the job, I guess, is just driving and listening to the music and stuff, and just enjoying the good weather, and the people that I drive by because there's some people that I see normally on on my drive and stuff and I wave and beep and they say, "Hey," you know."

The lab courier team makes around 15,000 stops each year.

"An old couple days ago on the elevator, they said, "Thank you. We're glad you do what you do." And I said, "Thank you very much. Thank you very much." I was appreciative of that. That made me feel really good. Being a lab courier has been great for me because it's been helping my communication more because I normally used to be shy to talk to people and now I'm just not. "Hey, hi, how you doing?"

The lab courier team drives about 19,000 miles each year.

"It's wonderful driving. I mean I feel like I said I'm driving Salem Health. I got the vehicle. I feel like I'm a king or something to be honest with you because like I work for a great company. I work for Salem Health. you know. I like to boast it, brag it, whatever. I embrace it. It's just giving back to the community. I love it."