1210 results found
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: 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: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Light Green
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold, Lavender
Collection Requirements: 4.5mL Lithium Heparin, Serum or EDTA
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Green No Gel, Gold No Gel
Collection Requirements: 4.5mL Lithium heparin or Serum with no gel
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 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: Daily
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebro spinal fluid
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation)
Availability: Weekdays
Protein Electrophoresis (serum)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily
Protein Electrophoresis (Urine)
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation)
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation), Two (2x) tubes required.
Prothrombin Gene Mutation Analysis (G20210A)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 3-10mL EDTA Whole Blood
Availability: 1-2 weeks to result
Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation)
Availability: 24 hours
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow top unviversal
Collection Requirements: Aspirate in sterile container or capped sterile syringe Swabs are less useful than whole pus
Availability: Daily
Collection Requirements: Swabs are less useful than whole pus. Whole Pus: Collect whole pus into yellow top universal. Swabs: Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) OR Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (blue lid)
Availability: Daily
Availability: Fortnightly
Pyruvate (Whole Blood- from syringe) (No longer available)
Collection Requirements: ** No longer available
Availability: No longer available
Tube colour: Light Green
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Red cell enzyme required for glycolysis. Requesting physician must first consult with Haematologist on call at The Children's Hospital, Westmead (through switch; 9845-000) before ordering this test.
Availability: Monthly
Tube colour: **Not available
Collection Requirements: **Not available
Availability: Unavailable
Q Fever serology/Coxiella burnetii serology
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon-Fri)
Tube colour: Special
Collection Requirements: Maximum of 1.0 ml blood in specific CMV QuantiFERON assay tubes. Tubes available from Microbiology Laboratory, RMH Campus.
Availability: Daily (Mon-Fri)
Tube colour: Special
Collection Requirements: Maximum of 1.0 ml blood in specific TB Gold assay tubes. Tubes available from Central Specimen Reception or Microbiology Laboratory, RMH Campus.
Availability: Daily (Mon-Fri)
Tube colour: Lavender, yellow top container
Collection Requirements: 9ml EDTA tube, CSF/fluid/saliva collected in a sterile container
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon-Fri)
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
Tube colour: Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) or Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (pink lid).
Collection Requirements: Amies swab -Gel (preferred - blue lid) or Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (blue lid). Please state location.
Availability: Daily
Rectal swab VRE screen culture
Tube colour: Dry swab (preferred) or Amies swab -Gel (blue lid) or Copan e-swab - liquid Amies (blue lid).
Collection Requirements: Please state location.
Availability: Daily
Red Cell Antibody Identification
Tube colour: Pink
Collection Requirements: 6mL EDTA tube (Blood Bank)
Availability: 24 hours or Mon-Fri
Tube colour: Pink
Collection Requirements: Contact Pathology (Haematology) if collection requirement details are required
Tube colour: Pink
Collection Requirements: 6mL EDTA tube (Blood Bank)
Availability: Tues & Thursday
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Pink, Lavender
Collection Requirements: 6-9 ml EDTA (DO NOT send to lab on ICE)
Availability: Weekly
Respiratory Pathogens NAT - Extended
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Lung Biopsy
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)