List of Diagnostic Tests
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 |