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: Endocrinologists Disease: Components: Courier Charges: Home Collection: N/A Department: Pre-test Information: N/A
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. Duly filled Test Send Out Consent Form (Form 35) is mandatory. Stability (Room): N/A Stability (Refrigerated): 21 days Stability (Frozen): 60 days Method: In vitro Bioassay Comment: Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 10 – 15 days Usage: Graves disease is...
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...
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: 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: 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: 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: CSF: 2 mL (1 mL min.) in a Red Top (No Additive) tube or sterile screw capped vial. Do not use SST gel barrier tubes. Ship refrigerated. Bone Marrow: 2 mL (0.5 mL min.) Bone marrow in 1 Green Top (Sodium Heparin) tube. Ship refrigerated. Pus/Body fluids (Pleural/ Pericardial/ Ascitic/ Synovial/ Ocular/ Bronchial washings/BAL)...
Specimen: Submit 2-5 g (1 g min.) Stool in a Special Stool Culture 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: Conventional culture, Automated-MIC, MALDITOF-MS, KBDD Price: Contact Medilab Turnaround time (TAT): 3 days Usage: Common organisms causing...
