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Coxsackie Virus Serology

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum tube
Availability: Weekly

CRE Screen

Collection Requirements: Dry swab (preferred) or Copan Gel swab (blue lid) or Copan e-swab (liquid Amies) blue lid.
Availability: Daily

Creat/Prot Ratio (Urine)

Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily

Creatine kinase

Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily

Creatinine

Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily

Creatinine (Urine Random)

Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily

Creatinine Clearance (Urine)

Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain). * Lithium heparin tube also required for creatinine (U&E) for calculation of clearance result.
Availability: Daily

Creatinine excr (24 Hr Urine)

Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) - (CSF) Protein (14-3-3)

Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Collect using disposable equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Collect 2 ml CSF. Place the tube in pathology bag labelled as 'CJD Risk'. Send to pathology URGENTLY.
Availability: Weekly

Crimean Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever PCR

Tube colour: Lavender, Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA and a Respiratory Swab. Please contact the pathology service BEFORE collection.
Availability: On request

Cross-match (X-match)

Tube colour: Pink
Collection Requirements: 6mL EDTA tube (Blood Bank)

Cryoglobulin

Tube colour: Gold At 37oC
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum kept at 37oC. Special flask and tubes obtained from Biochemistry staff. Samples to be collected Monday to Friday 0600-1600hrs ONLY.
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)

Cryopreservation

Collection Requirements: Contact Pathology (Haematology) if collection requirement details are required
Availability: By arrangement

Cryptococcal Ag (CSF)

Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 1 ml CSF in sterile black top CSF tube
Availability: Daily

Cryptococcal Ag (serum)

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily

Cryptosporidia

Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh faeces
Availability: Daily

CSF Alzheimer’s Screen

Tube colour: 10mL yellow top, conical base, sterile polypropylene tube.
Collection Requirements: >2mL CSF collected directly into polypropylene tube. Last collection required to minimise contamination. Transport within 24 hours of lumbar puncture (ambient temperature) otherwise spin (10min at 2000g within 2 hour of collection) & freeze at -20oC, and transport on dry ice
Availability: Fortnightly turn around time

CSF Biochemistry (Glucose and Protein)

Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebrospinal fluid
Availability: Daily

CSF Cytology

Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated. For CJD risk - See notes.
Availability: Weekdays

CSF MC&S incl protein/glucose

Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Sterile black topped tubes numbered 1, 2, 3. Extra 2 ml for TB, extra 2 ml for Fungi. Procedure for collecting CSF is described in the Patient Procedure Manual. Consult Medical Microbiologist if Mycobacterial culture, viral culture, syphilis serology or cryptococcal antigen
Availability: Daily

CSF Xanthochromia

Tube colour: Black Capped CSF Tube In Foil
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebrospinal Fluid, CSF, 4 tubes, [the fourth, light protected] and 5 ml blood, lithium-heparin tube. The specimens must be delivered by hand. Specimens sent in the pneumatic tube will be rejected. Refer to full collection protocol.
Availability: Daily

CTx telopeptide (ng/L)

Tube colour: Pink, Lavender
Collection Requirements: Please collect 6 or 9 ml EDTA tube. 3ml tube can be utilised if required.
Availability: Weekly

Cyanide

Tube colour: Light Green
Collection Requirements: Test is not available.
Availability: N/A

Cyclosporin A

Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3 ml EDTA
Availability: Weekly

Cyst Fluid Cytology

Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
Availability: Weekdays

Cystatin C

Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly

Cysticercosis Serology

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly

Cystine Screen (Urine)

Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly

Cytogenetics

Collection Requirements: Lithium Heparin with no Gel

D-Dimer

Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation)
Availability: 24 hours

D-Lactate

Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly

Darunavir

Tube colour: Pink, Lavender
Collection Requirements: 6-9 ml EDTA
Availability: Monthly

Deaminated Gliadin Peptide IgG

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly

DELTA Hepatitis Serology

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)

Dengue Fever PCR (blood)

Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Availability: On request

Dengue Fever PCR (CSF)

Tube colour: Sterile container
Collection Requirements: CSF
Availability: On request

Dengue Fever PCR (Urine)

Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Urine
Availability: On request

Dengue Fever Serology

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)

Deoxycortisol-11

Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly

Dermatology Profile ELISA

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly

Dermatophyte culture (nail)

Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Nail clipping collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily

Dermatophyte culture (skin)

Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Skin scraping collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily

Desmoglein 1 Ab

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly

Desmoglein 1 and 3 Abs

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly

Device M C & S

Tube colour: Yellow Top Univesal
Collection Requirements: Device collected into sterile container
Availability: Daily

Dexamethasone

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly

Diabetes Antibodies

Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly

Dibucaine Number

Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin

DIC Screen,  (Prothrombin Time, INR, APTT, Fibrinogen + D Dimer)

Tube colour: Light BlueANDLavender
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation) and EDTA tube (Platelet Count)
Availability: 24 hours
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