Specimen: 5 mL (3 mL min.) Whole blood in 2 Lavender Top (EDTA) tubes AND 2 Peripheral blood smears AND 4 mL (2.5 mL min.) Bone marrow Aspirate in 2 Green Top (Sodium heparin) tubes AND 4 Bone marrow aspirate Smears, air dried & fixed in 100% methanol for 30 minutes. Ship at 18-22°C. DO...
Specimen: 15 mL (10 mL min.) aliquot of first morning / random urine in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated or frozen. First morning specimen is preferred. Stability (Room): 6 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 1 week Stability (Frozen): 3 months Method: Immunoturbidimetry, Compensated Jaffe’s reaction, IDMS traceable Comment: The term Microalbuminuria is misleading as it...
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: Spectrophotometry Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 5 hrs Usage: Lipase is an enzyme produced almost exclusively from pancreatic acinar cells. Pancreatic injury increases serum lipase levels....
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. Stability (Room): 6 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 72 hrs...
Specimen: 2 mL (0.5 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Avoid hemolysis. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 8 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 4 weeks Stability (Frozen): 4 weeks Method: G7PNP Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 5 hrs Usage: This is a marker of pancreatic disease being elevated in Acute pancreatitis and acute exacerbation...
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: Disease: Components: Courier Charges: Home Collection: N/A Department: Pre-test Information: N/A
Specimen: 3 mL (2 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Minimum 12 hours fasting is mandatory. Grossly hemolysed samples are not acceptable. Stability (Room): 8 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 1 week Stability (Frozen): 2 weeks Method: Spectrophotometry, Immunoturbidimetry, Nephelometry Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 5 hrs Usage: This panel tests...
Specimen: 2 mL (1 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 48 hrs Stability (Frozen): 4 weeks Method: CLIA Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: This assay is used for the laboratory diagnosis of Mumps virus infection. Absence of detectable...
Specimen: 2 mL (1.5 mL min.) serum from 1 SST. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Stability (Room): 2 hrs Stability (Refrigerated): 24 hrs Stability (Frozen): 1 week Method: Spectrophotometry Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 5 hrs Usage: This test panel assesses the functional activity of the liver. It is used for screening for liver...
Specimen: 3 mL whole blood in 1 Blue Top (Sodium Citrate) tube. Mix thoroughly by inversion. Transport to Lab within 4 hours. If this is not possible, make PPP within 1 hour of collection as follows: Centrifuge sample at 3600 rpm for 15 min. & transfer supernatant to a clean plastic tube. Centrifuge this supernatant...
