Specimen: Submit Sputum in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 48 hrs Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Fluorescent and conventional microscopy Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 3 days Usage: Positive AFB smear results provide a first indication of Mycobacterial infection and potential TB disease....
Specimen: 2 mL (1 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 1 week Stability (Frozen): 4 weeks Method: Enzyme Immunoassay Comment: Also see EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGENS. Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: SSA/Ro & SSB/La are extractable nuclear antigens. SS-A/Ro antibodies...
Specimen: 2 air dried peripheral blood smears (1 thick and 1 thin) OR 2 mL (1 mL min.) whole blood from 1 Lavender Top (EDTA) tube OR 2 mL (1 mL min.) Hydrocele fluid. Draw specimen between 12 midnight to 2 am. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE. Submit Skin Snip in a normal saline Stability...
Specimen: 5g (3g min.) stool in a leak-proof screw capped container. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE. Do not use match boxes or absorbant material. Outstation samples not accepted. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 24 hrs Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Manual, Light microscopy Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 3 hrs Usage: This test...
Specimen: 2 mL (1 mL min.) fluid in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE. Blood contaminated and highly turbid samples not acceptable. Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): 72 hrs Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Indirect Ion Selective Electrode Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: Specialty: Physician...
Specimen: 2 mL (1 mL min.) Serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 6 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 1 week Stability (Frozen): 4 weeks Method: Immunoblot Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: This is a qualitative assay for sreening and identification of specific IgG autoantibodies against Extractable...
Specimen: N/A Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): N/A Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 45 minutes Usage: Specialty: Sonographer Disease: Components: Courier Charges: Home Collection: N/A Department: Pre-test Information: N/A
Specimen: Tacrolimus By CMIA Stability (Room): 6 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 7 days Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: LC-MS/MS Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: This assay is useful in monitoring whole blood Tarcolimus concentration during therapy particularly in individuals co-administered CYP3A4 substrates, inhibitors or inducers. It helps to evaluate patient...
Specimen: Submit Skin/Nail scrapings/Hair (including root) in a normal saline Stability (Room): Ship at specified temperatures within 72 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): Ship at specified temperatures within 72 hrs Stability (Frozen): Ship at specified temperatures within 72 hrs Method: Fluorescent microscopy Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 2 hrs Usage: Fungal infections are more common...
Specimen: 2 mL (1 ml min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 6 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 1 week Stability (Frozen): 2 weeks Method: Enzyme Immunoassay Comment: Also see EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGENS. Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: Smith antibodies are specific for Lupus erythematosus occuring in...
