| Procedure |
Specimen Requirements |
Testing Laboratory |
Laboratory Turn Around Time |
Results Phone |
Information / Remarks |
Refer to |
Attachments |
| 17-Hydroxyprogesterone |
 |
Green Tube - Lithium Heparin,
2ml,
Blood
|
|
Genetic Medicine |
1 week
|
16704
|
Contact lab 81617292if required urgently
|
|
|
| 1st Trimester Antenatal Screening for Birth Defects |
 |
Red Tube - Serum,
8-10ml,
Blood
|
|
Genetic Medicine |
|
17285
|
10-13 weeeks gestation
|
http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/services/az/divisions/labs/geneticmed/samsas.html
|
Link
|
| 2nd Trimester Antenatal Screening for Birth Defects |
 |
Red Tube - Serum,
8-10ml,
Blood
|
|
Genetic Medicine |
|
17285
|
16 weeks gestation
|
http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/services/az/divisions/labs/geneticmed/samsas.html
|
|
| 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid |
 |
24hr urine bottle no preservative,
24hr,
Urine
|
|
Off Site |
1 week
|
16704
|
Sent to the IMVS
|
|
Link
|
| a -Tocopherol |
 |
Green Tube - Lithium Heparin,
1ml,
Blood
|
|
Genetic Medicine |
1 week
|
16704
|
Protect from light
|
See Vitamin E
|
|
| Abnormal Haemoglobin |
 |
Purple Tube - EDTA,
3ml,
Blood
|
|
Off Site |
|
17319
|
Sent to Haematology IMVS
|
See Haemoglobin Electrophoresis
|
|
| ABO & Rh Group |
 |
Purple Tube - EDTA,
4ml,
Blood
|
|
Transfusion |
30 min
|
16320
|
If urgent, ring Lab on 82046320
|
See Blood Group (ABO & Rh)
|
|
| Abscess or Draining Sinus |
 |
swab,
,
Fluid
|
 |
Yellow Tube,
1ml,
Fluid
|
|
Microbiology |
|
17435
|
First clean area/surface of wound with sterile saline to remove surface contamination. Sufficient exudate-aspirate into syringe. Insufficient exudate- soak swab in pus and send immediately to Laboratory
|
|
|
| Acanthamoeba |
 |
swab,
,
|
|
Microbiology/Immunology |
|
|
Consult with Microbiologist/Prof Ferrante for collection details
|
|
|
| ACE |
 |
Red Tube - Serum,
5ml,
Blood
|
|
Off Site |
|
16704
|
Sent to Gribbles Pathology
|
See Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
|
|