1210 results found
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: CSF collected in sterile container (black capped CSF tube)
Availability: On request
Measles By PCR (nose / throat swab)
Collection Requirements: Nose swab or Throat swab - Copan liquid Amies swab or UTM
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Twice weekly
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: Daily (Mon - Fri)
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: weekly
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml blood EDTA tube, Request slip must be signed by collector
Availability: Turn around time:
Routine testing - 16 weeks
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: Two indepedently collected EDTA tubes, greater than 15 minutes apart, Sample 1 - 9mL Blood EDTA tube, Sample 2 - 9mL Blood EDTA tube, Request slip must be signed by collector
Availability: Turn around time:
Routine testing - 6 weeks
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 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
MEN2A Gene Predictive Analysis
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: Two indepedently collected EDTA tubes, greater than 15 minutes apart, Sample 1 - 9mL Blood EDTA tube, Sample 2 - 9mL 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: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 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
MEN2B Gene Predictive Analysis
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: Two indepedently collected EDTA tubes, greater than 15 minutes apart, Sample 1 - 9mL Blood EDTA tube, Sample 2 - 9mL Blood EDTA tube, Request slip must be signed by collector
Availability: Turn around time:
Routine testing - 6 weeks
URGENT testing - 12 business days
Meningococcal C post vaccination serology
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 2 weeks
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Notify Microbiology - URGENT TEST
Availability: 3x per week
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: CSF collected in sterile container
Notify Microbiology - URGENT TEST
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Royal Blue
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Trace Metal Tube
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Copan Eswab liquid Amies | Copan Eswab VTM | Yellow Top Universal Container
Collection Requirements: Nasopharyngeal swab, Nasopharyngeal aspirate, Nasal swab, Throat swab, Sputum, Tracheal aspirate, Bronchial washing, BAL
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Dark Green On Ice
Collection Requirements: 6 mL Lithium heparin NO GEL ON ICE
- It is preferred that the patient be resting supine for 15 mins prior to collection. It should be noted on the request if the sample is fasting/non-fasting and supine/non-supine.
- The specimen is usually collected from an indwelling line.
- Samples should be immediately sent to the Laboratory on ice.
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Acid)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (24 Hr acid)
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Urine (acid Random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (acid)
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Bronchial Alveolar lavage collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Metapneumovirus 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: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Tube colour: Red, Dark Green
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Serum with no Gel,
6 ml Lithium Heparin No Gel
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Light Green
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebro spinal fluid
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Dark Green
Collection Requirements: 6mL Lithium Heparin with no Gel
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Urine (acid Random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (acid)
Availability: Weekly
Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase Mutation Analysis (C667T)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood
Availability: 1-2 weeks to result
Tube colour: Plasma (EDTA)/Serum (Gold Top)
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Collection Requirements: 1 x Lithium Heparin NO GEL (dark green) AND
1 x EDTA (lavender) for FBE (see notes)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Green No Gel, Gold No Gel
Collection Requirements: 4.5mL Lithium heparin or Serum with no gel
Availability: Fortnightly
Microfilaria Antibody (same as Filaria serology)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Availability: On Request
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Urine or Faecal specimens collected in sterile conatiner
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold top universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh faeces
Availability: On Request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Royal Blue
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Trace Metal Tube
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Copan Eswab liquid Amies | Copan Eswab VTM |
Collection Requirements: Skin lesion material, including
-Swabs of lesion exudate
-Lesion roofs
-Lesion crusts
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)