1213 results found
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Pink, Lavender
Collection Requirements: 6-9 ml EDTA (DO NOT send to lab on ICE)
Availability: Weekly
Respiratory Pathogens NAT - Extended
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Lung Biopsy
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Respiratory Pathogens Virus PCR NAT - Extended
Tube colour: Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) or Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (pink lid).
Collection Requirements: NPA (Nasopharyngeal aspirate), Nasal swab, Throat swab - Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (pink lid) or BAL, Sputum, Bronchial washing -
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Respiratory syncitial Virus (RSV) PCR - BAL
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Bronchial Alveolar lavage collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Respiratory syncitial Virus (RSV) PCR - Bronchial Washing
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Bronchial Washing
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Respiratory syncitial Virus (RSV) PCR - Sputum
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Sputum
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Pink / Purple
Collection Requirements: EDTA tube (3mL preferred)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Copan Eswab liquid Amies, Copan Eswab VTM
Collection Requirements: Sw
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Bronchial Alveolar lavage collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Rhinovirus PCR (Bronchial Washing)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Bronchial Washing
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Sputum
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Rift Valley Fever Virus PCR (blood)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA. Please contact the Pathology Laboratory BEFORE collection.
Availability: On request
Rift Valley Fever Virus PCR (swab)
Tube colour: Swab
Collection Requirements: Swab collected in Copan e-swab (liquid Amies) pink lid. Please contact the pathology service BEFORE collection.
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold- no gel
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum No gel preferred
4.5 ml Lithium Heparin No gel acceptable
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Tube colour: Yellow Top - universal
Collection Requirements: For faeces collections, ensure the container is labelled with full name and date of birth as a minimum.
Availability: Daily
Routine SARS2, Flu A/B, RSV NAT
Tube colour: Copan E-swab - Liquid Amies (pink Lid) Copan Eswab VTM
Collection Requirements: Nasopharyngeal swab, Nasopharyngeal aspirate, Nasal swab, Throat swab
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Copan E-swab - Liquid Amies (pink Lid)
Copan Eswab VTM
Collection Requirements: Nasopharyngeal swab, Nasopharyngeal aspirate, Nasal swab, Throat swab, Tracheal aspirate
Availability: Daily
RRV (Ross River Virus) Antibodies
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 2x per week
Tube colour: Lavender or gold tube, yellow top universal, CSF sterile tube pack
Collection Requirements: 8.5ml Serum tube or 9mL EDTA, CSF or urine collected in sterile container
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 3x per week
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Availability: On request
Rubella PCR (nose / throat swab)
Collection Requirements: Nose/ Throat swab collected in Copan E-swab (liquid Amies) pink lid
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: N/A - Test is unavailable
Collection Requirements: No longer available
Availability: N/A
Tube colour: Copan Eswab liquid Amies, Copan Eswab VTM
Collection Requirements: Nasopharyngeal swab, Nasopharyngeal aspirate, Nasal swab, Throat swab, Sputum, Tracheal aspirate, Bronchial washing, BAL
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Skin scraping collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily (Mon - Sun)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 2x per week
Tube colour: Designated sampling water kit
Collection Requirements: Colonoscopes, Endoscopes, Duodenoscopes, Gastroscopes, Linear EUS, Radial EUS, Double balloon, Confocal
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Scopes - Surveillance (Respiratory)
Tube colour: Designated sampling water kit
Collection Requirements: Bronchoscopes, Linear EBUS, Radial EBUS
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 2 x 9 ml blood EDTA tube, Request slip must be signed by collector
Availability: Turn around time:
Routine testing - 6 weeks
URGENT testing - 12 business days
Tube colour: Royal Blue
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Trace Metal Tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Semen specimen collected by masturbation and delivered to Andrology Unit, Royal Women's Hospital within 4 hours of collection. Sample to be maintained at body temperature.
Availability: Not available
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: *Fully filled* Gold top tube required - this needs to be a separate tube collected in addition to requirements for other pathology requests
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: *Fully filled* Gold top tube required - this needs to be a separate tube collected in addition to requirements for other pathology requests