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No Name of Test Turn Around Time Method Type of Sample Required Volume of Sample Required Sample Container Transportation Details
1 Complete Blood Count (CBC) 1 day Microscopy & fully automated cell counter PCE-210 Whole Blood 2 ml EDTA Bulb Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
2 Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) 1 day Wintrobe's method OR Westergren method Whole Blood 2 ml EDTA Bulb OR Na-citrate Bulb Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
3 Urine Routine & Microscopy 1 day Rapid dry chemistry (Strip test) & Microscopy Morning's 1st voided midstream urine sample 20-50 ml Clean, Dry Leak-proof Container Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
4 Widal Test 1 day Agglutination Blood Serum 3-5 ml Plain Bulb (without anticoagulant) Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
5 Weil Felix Test 1 day Agglutination Blood Serum 3-5 ml Plain Bulb (without anticoagulant) Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
6 Brucellosis Test 1 day Agglutination Blood Serum 3-5 ml Plain Bulb (without anticoagulant) Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
7 Aerobic Culture & Antibiotic Sensitivity Test 3-5 days Conventional Microbial Culture Methods Site-specific sample as per clinician's advice (e.g. urine, stool, sputum, pus, blood, body fluids) Minimum 0.5 ml or swab depending on patient condition Sterile Leak-proof Container (Blood Culture bottle for blood sample) Sample should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
8 Fungal Culture and Sensitivity 7-10 days Conventional Culture Method Site-specific sample as per clinician's advice Minimum 0.5 ml in Sterile Container Sterile Leak-proof Container (Blood Culture bottle for blood sample) Should reach lab within 1 hr of collection in a cold chain with proper labeling.
9 Bacteriological Investigation of Operation Theatre Swabs 8-10 days Conventional Microbial Culture Methods Operation Theatre swabs Site-specific swabs Sterile Glass Tubes Sample should reach lab on the same day of collection with proper labeling.

Contact Details

Email: clinicalpathology@haffkineinstitute.org
Tel.: 022-24160961, EXT- 221, 222

Instrument Facility

  • Fully Automated Cell Counter
  • Biosafety Cabinet
  • Laminar Air Flow
  • Thermal-cycler Dice
  • Cooling Centrifuge
  • CO2 Incubator
  • -20°C Deep Freezer
  • Incubator
  • Inverted Microscope
  • Analytical Balance
  • Hot Air Oven
  • Autoclave
  • Liquid Nitrogen Celline

Laboratory Facility

  • Microbiology Laboratory, BSL-II
  • Animal Tissue Culture Laboratory
  • Clean Room Facility
  • Serology Laboratory
  • Hematology Laboratory
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