1213 results found
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. Please see Harmonised Endocrine Dynamic Testing document for more details.
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
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 -Gel (blue lid) OR Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (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
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: yellow
Collection Requirements: serum tube
sample must be spun, aliquotted and serum frozen within 24 hours of collection
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
For Serial sputums - See notes.
Please indicate whether sample is post-bronchoscopy sample.
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Sputum in sterile container
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Sputum in sterile container
Availability: Daily
Collection Requirements: Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) OR Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (blue lid)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24hr)
Collection Requirements: >10 ml Urine (24hr)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Every 2-3 weeks
Tube colour: Dark Green in Foil
Collection Requirements: Plasma must be separated within 30 minutes after collection. Wrap in foil, deliver to lab immediately and advise CSR that urgent separation is required.
Availability: Reporting time: 21 days
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 2x per week, DNASE; Daily: ASOT
Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen (CSF)
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: CSF
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen (Urine)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Urine
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: CSF sterile tube pack
Collection Requirements: CSF
Availability: Daily (Mon - Sun)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 mL EDTA lavender tube
Availability: 3x per week
Striated/Skeletal Muscle (Note, we will no longer be offering this test from 2023)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Every 2-3 weeks
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 3x per week
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Aspirate in Sterile Container
For cell count please also add 1 ml of sample to a lithium heparin tube.
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal; CSF sterile tube pack
Collection Requirements: Swab, Tissue, Biopsy, Paraffin embedded blocks (20 micron shavings), CSF
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
T cell subsets: CD3, CD4 and CD8
Tube colour: lavender
Availability: weekdays or otherwise by prior arrangement
t(15;17) PML-RARA Fusion Gene Analysis - Qualitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
t(15;17) PML-RARA Fusion Gene Analysis - Quantitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
t(8;21) RUNX1-RUNX1T1 Fusion Gene Analysis - Qualitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
t(8;21) RUNX1-RUNX1T1 Fusion Gene Analysis - Quantitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
t(9;22) BCR-ABL Fusion Gene Analysis - Qualitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
t(9;22) BCR-ABL Fusion Gene Analysis - Quantitative
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood or 1-3mL Bone Marrow
Availability: 2-3 weeks to result
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3 ml EDTA, collect pre tacrolimus dose
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml blood EDTA tube, Request slip must be signed by collector
Availability: Turn around time: As required. Please contact Molecular Pathology Royal Melbourne Hospital