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No.  Test  Unit  Form  Container  Specimen Type  Volume  TAT       Remark
 20.  Anti Nuclear antibodies (ANA)  Serology  PER-PAT 301  Plain tube  Blood  3.5ml  10 working days
 21.  Anti-streptolysin ‘O’ Titre (ASOT)  Serology  PER-PAT 301  Plain tube  Blood  3.5ml  5 working days
                                                     4 hrs (Routine)
 22.  Aspartate Transaminase (AST)  Integrated  PER-PAT 301  Plain tube  Blood  3ml
                                                      45min (STAT)
 Bilirubin                                                                      LIST OF TESTS
 i) Total Bilirubin                                  4 hrs (Routine)
 23.  Integrated  PER-PAT 301  Plain tube  Blood  3ml
 ii) Direct Bilirubin                                 45min (STAT)
 iii) Indirect Bilirubin (calculated)
          Aerobic Blood Culture
 24.  Blood C&S (aerobic)  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Blood  8-10ml  2-6 days
               Bottle
         Anaerobic Blood Culture
 25.  Blood C&S (anaerobic)  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Blood  8-10ml  2-6 days
               Bottle
                                                     Fungal - 14 days  Please call clinical
          Myco/F Lytic Blood Cul-
 26.  Blood C&S (mycobacterium & fungal)  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Blood  5-10ml  Mycobacterium -   microbiologist
              ture Bottle
                                                       43 days     (ext: 2214)
          Aerobic Blood Culture
 27.  Blood C&S (paeds)  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Blood  1-3ml  2-6 days
             Bottle (Paeds)
 28.  Blood Film Malarial Parasite (BFMP)  Parasitology  PER-PAT 301  Thick/thin film  Smear  N/A  8 hours
                                                                  Sampling time
 29.  Blood Film For Microfilaria  Parasitology  PER-PAT 301  Thick blood film  Smear  100µl  1 working day
                                                                  (10 pm - 2 am)
 30.  Blood Gases  Integrated  PER-PAT 301  Heparinised syringe  Blood  0.5-1ml  45 min  Send in ice water
 31.  Blood Group and Rhesus  Transfusion  PER-PAT 301  EDTA tube  Blood  4ml  1 hour
                                                                     This is a
 Blood Urea Serum Electrolyte (BUSE)                              profile test. All
 32.  i) Urea  Integrated  PER-PAT 301  Plain tube  Blood  5ml  4 hrs (Routine)  parameters can
                                                     45 min (STAT)
 ii) Na/K/Cl                                                       be requested
                                                                   individually.
 Body Fluids (sterile) C&S
 i) Ascitic Fluid
 ii) Bile
 33.  iii) Peritoneal Fluid  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Universal sterile con-  Aspirated fluid  min 1ml  2-3 days
               tainer
 iv) Pleural Fluid
 v) PD Fluid
 vi) Synovial Fluid
                                                     Urgent : 3 work-
 ANA/JP/HTAA-01/
 34.  Body Fluid For Cytology  Cytology  VER.3(Pindaan   Universal sterile con-  Body fluid  min 1ml  ing days  Tel : 2863
 9/9/2015)     tainer                                Non-urgent : 14
                                                      working days
           Universal sterile con-
 35.  Bone C&S  Microbiology  PER-PAT 301  Bone  N/A   2-3 days
               tainer
                             Bone marrow                          By appointment
 36.  Bone Marrow Aspiration  Haematology  HAEM/JP/HTAA/01Ver.2  N/A  0.5-1ml  7 working days
                               smear                                Tel : 2077


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