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• Integrated Laboratory
• Chemical Pathology
HTAA, KUANTAN • Microbiology
• Haematology
• Histopathology
• Cytology
• Blood Transfusion

These services are carried out by respective laboratories. Ambulatory Care Centre
(ACC) Clinical Laboratory provides basic routine chemical pathology and haematology
tests to serve the specialists clinics there.

Apart from offering diagnostic services, the department also acts as a training centre
for various levels and categories of staff including Medical Officer, Scientific Officer,
Medical Laboratory Technologist, student from Institute of Higher Learning and
Pathologist for gazettement in various disciplines in pathology.

SERVICE HOURS

The Pathology Department provides 24 hours service for certain diagnostic testing in
the Integrated Laboratory and Transfusion Laboratory.

Bacteriology Lab provides services from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm.

The other laboratories (Cytology, Histopathology, Serology, Specialized Haematology,
Specialized Chemical Pathology, Mycology, Molecular and ACC Clinical Laboratory)
provide diagnostic testing during office hours from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Test schedules are included under the list of tests.

A medical officer and pathologists are on call for consultation or assistance after office
hours.

RECEPTION COUNTER

This area is involved in receiving, checking and sorting of specimens before the
specimens are sent to the specific laboratories for analysis.

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