1194 results found
Tube colour: Urine bottle PLAIN
Collection Requirements: 24h collection in Plain Bottle
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: UTM swab, Lavender EDTA tube, Yellow top sterile universal container, CSF collection tube
Collection Requirements: Nose and throat swab, sputum, bronchoscopy, EDTA blood, urine, CSF. Please contact the Pathology Laboratory BEFORE collection.
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Nipple Discharge Fluid Cytology
Tube colour: Slides, Yellow Top Universal, 10% Neutral Buffered formalin
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
Slides (Air-dried). Formalin.
See notes
Availability: Weekdays
Nitrogen Excretion (Urine Timed)
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
NMDA Receptor Antibodies (NMDA)
Tube colour: Red, Gold
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Serum with no Gel, 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold blood tube for serum or Sterile CSF container for CSF
Collection Requirements: CSF volume required: 500 ul
Serum volume required: 500 ul
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Faeces sample collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Red, Dark Green
Collection Requirements: 6 ml Serum with no Gel,
6 ml Lithium Heparin No Gel
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Min vol: 1ml
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: FOB Device
Collection Requirements: Occult Blood Device
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: SAF fixative container
Collection Requirements: Faeces collected directly into SAF fixative is preferred
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Dark Red
Collection Requirements: 6mL in a gel free serum tube is preferred.
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Dark Green
Collection Requirements: 6mL Lithium Heparin with no Gel
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebro spinal fluid
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Vesicular fluid
Availability: On Request
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Acid)
Collection Requirements: 24 hour urine collection in an acid bottle (bring bottle to Pathology Specimen reception prior to commencing collection to have acid added)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (acid)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (acid)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Pink / Purple
Collection Requirements: EDTA tube
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Lung Tissue, BAL, broncial washings, Tracheal Aspirate. Note: Sputum is not preferred
Availability: 2 weeks
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 1-3 months turnaround time
Tube colour: Copan E-swab - Liquid Amies (pink Lid)
Copan Eswab VTM
Collection Requirements: Copan E-swab - Liquid Amies (pink Lid) |
Copan Eswab VTM
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Faeces. 30 ml (fresh) in sterile container
Discuss with Microbiology before collection
Availability: 2-3x per week
Tube colour: Gold, Lavender, Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum, 3mL EDTA or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Daily
Parathyroid Hormone Related Polypeptide
Collection Requirements: Collected in Special EDTA tube containing Aprotinin. Tube is stored at 4C (Biochemistry - Fridge A). ** Tube must be collected from Pathology specimen reception just prior to collection or should continue to be stored at 4C until collection. Send to the laboratory ASAP post collection.
Note: Do not use the BD Aprotinin tube that are utilised for VIP/Glucagon
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack, Lavender
Collection Requirements: CSF, blood (EDTA 9ml tube)
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Lavender tube; yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA, urine, tissues, amniotic fluid
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: 2x per week
PCP PCR (Bronchial Alveolar Lavage, Bronchial Washing, Sputum)
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: BAL, Bronchial washing, Tracheal Aspirate. Note: Sputum is not preferred
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Collection Requirements: Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) OR Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (blue lid)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Dark Green
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin NO GEL
Min vol: 500uL
Transport ambient at room temperature
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Collect 10 - 20 ml in a sterile container, inoculate set of blood culture bottles (Aerobic/Anaerobic)
Availability: Daily
Peritoneal dialysis fluid Cytology
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
Please indicate whether the sample is a peritoneal dialysis fluid.
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Peritoneal fluid into sterile container
For a cell count please add 1 mL of sample to a lithum heparin tube.
Availability: Daily
Petrosal Sinus Sampling (ACTH PRL)
Collection Requirements: Requires consultation with Endocrinology and Interventional Radiology service prior to ordering (see notes)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly