Pathology

We provide diagnostic, clinical, teaching and research services that focus on supporting both acute care and community health services.

Key points

Pathology is a bulk-billing service providing a range of more than 1500 pathology tests
Specialist testing in a range of disciplines for other pathology services
Statewide referral laboratory for porphyrin testing and several molecular-based tests

What we do

We support patient care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Parkville, the RMH Royal Park and Melbourne Private Hospital.

All patients are welcome at to visit our Pathology Collection Centres. Pathology is a bulk-billing service providing a range of more than 1500 pathology tests.

Our pathology services include:

Anatomical pathology
Chemical pathology
Haematology
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Transfusion medicine (blood management)
Clinical trials

We also provide specialist testing in a range of disciplines for other pathology services and is the statewide referral laboratory for porphyrin testing and several molecular-based tests.

Pathology Handbook

Collection centres and health professionals can use our Pathology Handbook to find out information about tests, tube colours, collection requirements and availability timeframes.

For patients

For health professionals