1206 results found
Tube colour: CSF Collection Tubes
Collection Requirements: Sputum
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Coxiella burnetii PCR- Fluid, Tissue, Bronchial washing, BAL, CSF
Tube colour: CSF Collection Tubes
Collection Requirements: Fluid, Tissue, Bronchial washing, BAL, CSF
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Collection Requirements: Dry swab (preferred) or Copan Gel swab (blue lid) or Copan e-swab (liquid Amies) blue lid.
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Light Green, Gold
Collection Requirements: 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin or 8.5 ml Serum
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain). * Lithium heparin tube also required for creatinine (U&E) for calculation of clearance result.
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Urine (24 Hr Plain)
Collection Requirements: Urine (24 Hr plain)
Availability: Daily
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) - (CSF) Protein (14-3-3)
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Collect using disposable equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Collect 2 ml CSF. Place the tube in pathology bag labelled as 'CJD Risk'.
Send to pathology URGENTLY.
Availability: Weekly
Crimean Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever PCR
Tube colour: Lavender, Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA and a Respiratory Swab. Please contact the pathology service BEFORE collection.
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold At 37oC
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum kept at 37oC. Special flask and tubes obtained from Biochemistry staff. Samples to be collected Monday to Friday 0600-1600hrs ONLY.
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Collection Requirements: Contact Pathology (Haematology) if collection requirement details are required
Availability: By arrangement
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 1 ml CSF in sterile black top CSF tube
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh faeces
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: 2.5mL Blue Capped Polypropylene Tube, Sterile round base (Sarstedt 63.614.625)
Collection Requirements: >2mL CSF collected directly into low binding polypropylene tube. Last collection required to minimise contamination. CSF must be clearless and colourless. Transport within 24 hours of lumbar puncture (ambient temperature) otherwise store at 2 - 8 degrees Celsius - DO NOT FREEZE THE SPECIMEN
Availability: Fortnightly turn around time
CSF Biochemistry (Glucose and Protein)
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebrospinal fluid
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
For CJD risk - See notes.
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: CSF Sterile Tube Pack
Collection Requirements: Sterile black topped tubes numbered 1, 2, 3. Extra 2 ml for TB, extra 2 ml for Fungi. Procedure for collecting CSF is described in the Patient Procedure Manual. Consult Medical Microbiologist if Mycobacterial culture, viral culture, syphilis serology or cryptococcal antigen
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Black Capped CSF Tube In Foil
Collection Requirements: 2 ml Cerebrospinal Fluid, CSF, 4 tubes, [the fourth, light
protected] and 5 ml blood, lithium-heparin tube. The specimens must be delivered by hand. Specimens sent in the pneumatic tube will be rejected. Refer to full collection protocol.
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Pink, Lavender
Collection Requirements: Please collect 6 or 9 ml EDTA tube. 3ml tube can be utilised if required.
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Fresh - Keep sample refrigerated.
Availability: Weekdays
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Urine (random)
Collection Requirements: 10 ml Urine (random)
Availability: Fortnightly
Collection Requirements: Lithium Heparin with no Gel
Tube colour: Light Blue
Collection Requirements: Sodium Citrate Tube (Coagulation)
Availability: 24 hours
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Deaminated Gliadin Peptide IgG
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Lavender
Collection Requirements: 9 ml EDTA
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Sterile container
Collection Requirements: CSF
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Yellow Top Universal
Collection Requirements: Urine
Availability: On request
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Daily (Mon - Fri)
Tube colour: Gold, Light Green
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml Serum or 4.5 ml Lithium Heparin
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Nail clipping collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Yellow top universal
Collection Requirements: Skin scraping collected in sterile container
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Yellow Top Univesal
Collection Requirements: Device collected into sterile container
Availability: Daily
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Fortnightly
Tube colour: Gold
Collection Requirements: 8.5 ml serum tube
Availability: Weekly