1194 results found
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: Red (Serum no gel), Dark green (Lithium Heparin 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: 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: Ring Andrology Laboratory to make appointment 8345 3992
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: Daily (Mon-Fri)
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
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: As Required
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Light Green
Collection Requirements: 3 x Lithium heparin tubes collected at the following time points: 1) Pre synacthen dose, 2) 30 min post dose, and 3) 60 mins post dose. Ensure collection times are clearly recorded and send all tubes to the lab together.
Availability: Daily
Short Synacthen Test (Cortisol and 17OHP)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 3 x Serum tubes collected at the following time points: 1) Pre synacthen dose, 2) 30 min post dose, and 3) 60 mins post dose. Ensure collection times are clearly recorded and send all tubes to the lab together. Please see Harmonised Endocrine Dynamic Testing document for more details
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Dark blue
Collection Requirements: 6-9 ml Trace metal tube
Availability: Monthly
Simian B Virus (Herpes simiae) PCR
Tube colour: Yellow top universal, Sterile Black Top Tube, lavender tube
Collection Requirements: Lesion swab, CSF, 9ml EDTA blood
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Lavender tube, CSF sterile tube pack, yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: 9ml EDTA, CSF, urine, respiratory specimen
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3 ml EDTA
Availability: Daily (Monday to Saturday)
Skin Lesions (Scrape Cytology)
Tube colour: Slides, Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Slides (Air-dried and/or fixed).
See notes.
Availability: Weekdays
Collection Requirements: Amies swab (with gel) - blue lid
or an e-swab (with liquid) - blue lid.
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Yellow top universal; Lavender tube
Collection Requirements: Vesicular fluid / swab, or 9ml EDTA
Availability: On Request
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily