Specimen: Submit Endocervical Swab innoculated in Amies charcoal transport medium available from Medilab. Ship refrigerated. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 48 hrs Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Conventional culture, Automated-MIC, MALDITOF-MS, KBDD Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 3 days Usage: Common organisms isolated are S.aureus, E.coli, Proteus species, S.agalactiae, Enterococcus & Klebsiella. On...
Specimen: 3 mL (2 mL min.) plasma from 2 Lavender Top (EDTA) tubes. Separate plasma aseptically within 2 hours of collection. Ship refrigerated or frozen. 12 hours fasting is recommended. Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): 5 days Stability (Frozen): 6 months Method: Real Time RT-PCR Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 5 – 10...
Specimen: 3 mL (2 mL min.) Plasma from 2 Lavender Top (EDTA) tubes. Separate plasma asceptically within 2 hours of collection. Ship refrigerated or frozen. 12 hours fasting is recommended. Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): 72 hrs Stability (Frozen): 72 hrs Method: Sequencing, Real Time PCR Comment: Avoid freeze thaw cycles. Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround...
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: Urologists Disease: Components: Courier Charges: Home Collection: N/A Department: Pre-test Information: N/A
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: Physicians Disease: Components: Courier Charges: Home Collection: N/A Department: Pre-test Information: N/A
Specimen: 2 mL (1 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 48 hrs Stability (Frozen): 72 hrs Method: Slide/ tube Agglutination Comment: Also see BRUCELLA ANTIBODY, FEBRILE AGGLUTININS PANEL & WEIL FELIX TEST. Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 2 hrs Usage: Widal test is used...
Specimen: Submit positive culture Growth. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 48 hrs Stability (Frozen): N/A Method: Rapid Automated Susceptibility testing Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: Antifungal susceptibility testing plays a very important role because of developing antifungal resistance and intrinsic resistance of...
Specimen: Submit Miscellaneous specimens (Sputum, Urine, Pus, Body Fluids like pleural, peritoneal, pericardial, gastric, bronchial, semen etc.) in a sterile screw capped container OR Swabs in sterile normal saline OR Bone marrow in 1 Green Top (Sodium Heparin) tube or smeared onto 4 clean glass slides fixed immediately in 95% ethanol for 30 minutes and...
Specimen: 2 mL (0.5 mL min.) Serum from 1 Red Top (No Additive) tube. Do not use SST gel barrier tubes. Separate serum from cells immediately. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): 3 days Stability (Frozen): 3 months Method: Nephelometry Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage:...
Specimen: 6 mL (3 mL min.) first morning Sputum OR 6 mL (3 mL min.) Concentrated sediments prepared from induced or expectorated Sputum OR 6 mL (3 mL min.) BAL fluid OR 2 mL (1 mL min.) CSF OR 6 mL (3 mL min.) Body fluids / Aspirates OR 2 mL (1 mL min.) Pus...
