TEST NAME

Sample & Volume Required

Collection Vial/   Container

  INSTRUCTIONS

ALBUMIN 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

AMYLASE, SERUM 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BILIRUBIN-TOTAL,DIRECT/INDIRECT

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BILIRUBIN-TOTAL

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BILIRUBIN DIRECT/ BILIRUBIN INDIRECT

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BLOOD PARASITE

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BLOOD SUGAR FASTING

2 ml Blood

SODIUM FLOURIDE TUBE (Grey top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

BLOOD SUGAR PP 

2 ml Blood

SODIUM FLOURIDE TUBE (Grey top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Collect sample 2hrs   post meal.

BLOOD SUGAR RANDOM

2 ml Blood

SODIUM FLOURIDE TUBE (Grey top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CALCIUM, SERUM 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   preferred. 

CALCIUM, IONISED

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Green top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CBC PLAIN(HB,TLC,DLC)

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

CHLORIDE 

4 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top) 

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CHOLESTEROL, SERUM 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CREATININE KINASE 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT with ESR 

3 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

CPK-MB 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CREATININE 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY URINE

URINE

STERILE C/S CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. First morning mid   stream urine is preferable

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY STOOL

3-5 gm STOOL

STERILE C/S CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY FLUID/PUS

 FLUID/PUS

STERILE C/S CONTAINER OR STERILE SWAB

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY EAR SWAB

STERILE SWAB

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY SKIN SCRAPING

 SKIN SCRAPING

STERILE C/S CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated.

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY VAGINAL SWAB

STERILE SWAB

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE BLOOD 

5 ml Blood

Blood Culture Media Bottle

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

CULTURE FUNGUS

STERILE C/S CONTAINER

C REACTIVE PROTEIN  (QUALTITATIVE)

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

C REACTIVE PROTEIN  (QUANTITATIVE)

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

DIABETES PROFILE (BLOOD SUGAR - FASTING,PP,RANDOM, HbA1C)

5 ml Blood

2ml in SODIUM FLOURIDE TUBE & 3ml in EDTA TUBE

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

DIRECT BILIRUBIN

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

DLC 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

E.S.R. 

3 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

EAR SWAB R/M

STERILE SWAB

ELECTROLYTES  (SODIUM, POTASSIUM,  CHLORIDE) 

5 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

EOSINOPHILS (ABS) 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

fT4

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

G.G.T.P. 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

GLOBULIN

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

HbA1c

3 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

HDL CHOLESTEROL 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

INSULIN FASTING (F)

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

INSULIN PP

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

INSULIN FASTING (F) & PP

3 ml each Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)  

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

HEMOGLOBIN 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

K.F.T  (UREA, BUN, CREATININE, URIC ACID, TOTAL PROTEIN) 

4 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

K.F.T  WITH ELECTROLYTES (UREA, BUN, CREATININE, URIC ACID, TOTAL PROTEIN, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS, CHLORIDE) 

5 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. First morning mid   stream urine is preferable

L.F.T  (SGOT, SGPT, ALP, T.BIL., D.BIL., I.BIL., TOTAL PROTEIN, ALBUMIN, GLOBULIN, A/G RATIO)

5 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

LDH 

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

LDL CHOLESTEROL,SERUM

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

LIPASE

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

LIPID PROFILE (TOTAL CHOLESTEROL, TG, HDL, LDL)

5 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is required 

LYMPHOCYTES 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

MAGNESIUM, SERUM 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

NEUTROPHILS 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

OCCULT BLOOD

STOOL

STERILE LEAK PROOF CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Avoid giving meat   products, pain killers, iron tablets and Vitamin C, 24   hr before sample collection.

PANCREAS PROFILE (LIPASE, AMYLASE)

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is required . 

PCV 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

PHENOBARBITONE

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

PHOSPHORUS 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   preferred. 

PLATELETS 

2 ml Blood

EDTA TUBE (Purple top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Do not freeze

POTASSIUM 

4 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

PROTEIN

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

S.G.O.T./AST 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

S.G.P.T./ALT 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

SKIN SCRAPING

SCRAPINGS

STERILE CONTAINER

  Best to collect Scrapings in sterile glycerine or  liquid paraffin

SODIUM 

4 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

STOOL ROUTINE EXAMINATION.

STOOL

STERILE LEAK PROOF CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

T3 (Tri Iodothyronine) 

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

T4 (Thyroxin) 

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

THYROID PROFILE  (fT4, T4, TSH)

5 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

TRIGLYCERIDES

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. Overnight fasting is   required . 

TSH 

3 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

UREA

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

URIC ACID 

2 ml Blood

PLAIN TUBE (Red top)

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. 

URINE R/M 

5 ml URINE

STERILE LEAK PROOF CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. First morning mid   stream urine is preferable

URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY

2 ml URINE

STERILE LEAK PROOF CONTAINER

  Keep and Ship refrigerated. First morning mid   stream urine is preferable