List of Lab Tests and Time required for Test after Sample collection

Test Name Time Required

BLOOD GROUPING+RH 45 minutes
WB 1 hour
PAEDIATRIC WB 1 hour
COOMS TEST DIRECT & INDIRECT 1 hour
CRYOPRECITATATE 30 minutes
FRESH FROZEN PLASMA 30 minutes
RBC 1 hour
PLASMA STORED (SDP) 30 minutes
PLASMAPHERESIS 1 hour
PLATELET CONCENTRATE 30 minutes
WHITE CELL PREP (BUFFY COAT) 4 hour
PLATELET RICH PLASMA 30 minutes
PAEDIATRIC FFP 30 minutes
PLATELETE (AP-PLC) 24 hour
PLASMA (AP FFP) 24 hour
RESERVING ONE UNIT -OUTSIDE PATIENT 1 hour
PEADIATRIC RBC 1 hour
PEADIATRIC MWB 1 hour
LEUCO FILTERED RBC - WHOLE BLOOD 2 hour
WASHED RBC 2 hour
LEUKO REDUCED RBC LR-RBC 1 hour
LEUKO REDUCED PLATELET 30 minutes
RESERVING ONE UNIT - IP PATIENTS 1 hour
RA RBC 24 hour
RA PC 24 hour
RA LR PC 24 hour
PROCESSING ONE UNIT OF BLOOD FOR INDUSTRY 8 hour
PEAD RARBC 24 hour
RBC - SAG 1 hour
PEAD - SAG 1 hour
W - SAG 2 hour
CPP 30 minutes
RA - SAG 24 hour
W - PEAD - SAG 2 hour
W - LR - RBC 2 hour
W - PEAD - LR - RBC 2 hour
RA - PEAD - SAG 24 hour
RA PLR RBC 24 hour
RA LR RBC 24 hour
PLRRBC 1 hour
PRP PELLET 2 hour
W LR RBC 2 hour
P W LR RBC 2 hour
P W RBC 2 hour
P LF RBC 2 hour
PEDIATRIC AP-PLC 24 hour
THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY 1 hour
ANTIBODY IDENTIFICATION 8 hour
LD.RBC (LEUCODEPLETED RBC) 2 hour
P LD-RBC (PEDIATRIC LEUCODEPLETED RBC) 2 hour
ASCITICFLUID-PROTEIN 2 hour
BENCE JONES PROTEINS 2 hour
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN 2 hour
CREATININE CLEARANCE 2 hour
CSF C/G/P 2 hour
ELECTROPHORESIS PROTEIN 168 hour
GLUCOSE TOLERAN.TEST 2 hour
PLEURALFLUID-PROTEIN 1 hour
PERICARD.FLUID-PROTE 1 hour
S-CHOLESTROL HDL 2 hour
URINARY VMA 168 hour
S-ALKAL.PHOSPHATATE 2 hour
S-BILIRUBIN TOTAL 2 hour
S-CALCIUM 2 hour
S-CHOLESTEROL 2 hour
S-CPK 1 hour
S-CREATININE 2 hour
S-ELECTROLYTE (K,NA,CL) 1 hour
S-GLUCOSE FASTING 1 hour
S-GLUCOSE RANDOM 1 hour
SGOT/AST 2 hour
SGPT/ALT 2 hour
S-INORG.PHOSPHOROUS 2 hour
S-LDH 2 hour
S-PROTEINS (TOTAL) 2 hour
S-TRIGLYCERIDES 2 hour
S-URIC ACID 2 hour
URINARY PROTEINS 2 hour
URINARY ELECTROLYTE (K,NA,CL) 1 hour
URINE UREA NITROGEN 1 hour
24 HOURS URINE PROTEIN 2 hour
SERUM AMYLASE 1 hour
SERUM HEXOSAMINIDASE TOTAL 24 hour
GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN 2 hour
MICROALBUMIN[URINE] 1 hour
LDL CHOLESTEROL[DIRECT] 2 hour
MAGNESIUM[SERUM] 1 hour
S-BILIRUBIN DIRECT 2 hour
S-PROTEINS (ALBUMIN) 2 hour
ELECTROLYTE + SUGAR 30 minutes
SERUM-CKMB 2 hour
SERUM-ARYL SULPHATASE - A 48 hour
ESTIMATION OF PLASMA AMMONIA 1 hour
S-GLUCOSE PP 1 hour
BLOOD GAS+ELECTROLYTE+LACTATE 30 minutes
PLASMA AMINO ACID ANALYSIS 336 hour
TROPONIN-T QUANTITATIVE (LAB) 30 minutes
PRO-BNP (LAB) 30 minutes
D-DIMER (LAB) 30 minutes
CSF CELL COUNT 1 hour
STOOL-OCCULT BLOOD 1 hour
STOOL-MICROSCOPIC 1 hour
URINE MICROSCOPY 1 hour
ESR 2 hour
HB 30 minutes
PACKED CELL VOL 30 minutes
PLASMA HB 1 hour
PLATELET COUNT 1 hour
PROTHROMBIN TIME 1 hour
THROMBIN TIME (TT) 1 hour
HAEMATOLOGY TLC DLC 1 hour
PERIPHERAL SMEAR 33 hour
PL.FLUID-CELL COUNT 2 hour
APTTACTIVATED PARTIALPROTHROMINTIME 1 hour
RETICULOCYTE COUNT 1 hour
AEC 1 hour
RBC COUNT 1 hour
PORPHOBILINOGEN 1 hour
URINE COLOUR 1 hour
URINE REACTION 1 hour
URINE SP-GRAVITY 1 hour
UROBILINOGEN 1 hour
URINE ROUTINE[COLOUR,PH,SP.GRAVITY,ALBUMIN,GLUCOSE,ACETONE,BILEPIGMENT,BILE
2 hourSALT, UROBILLLINOGEN...
URINE BILE PIGMET+ BILE SALT 1 hour
URINE ACETONE+ALBUMIN+SUGAR 1 hour
HEMOGRAM ROUTINE- HB TLC DLC PCV PLC RBC count AEC ESR 2 hour
RBC INDICES(MCV, MCH,MCHC) 1 hour
URINE PROTEIN/CREATININE RATIO(P/C RATIO) 2 hour
VIRAL ISOLATION 168 hour
CRP TEST 1 hour
COLD AGLUTINATION 24 hour
CULTURE TB CSF 1440 hour
CSF CULTURE 72 hour
ANAEROBIC CULTURE BLOOD 168 hour
ASO 1 hour
BLOOD/FLUID AEROBIC AUTOMATED 168 hour
TSH 1 hour
FT4 1 hour
FT3 1 hour
PROCALCITONIN 1 hour
PERICARDIAL FLUID CULTURE 72 hour
PAUL BUNNEL TEST 24 hour
RF-LATEX 1 hour
TPHA SERUM 1 hour
ENTERIC FEVER-WIDAL 24 hour
HIV ELISA 2 hour
BRUCELLA 24 hour
HEPATITIS B - AG 1 hour
HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY 1 hour
BLOOD CULTURE 168 hour
URINE CULTURE 72 hour
THROAT SWAB CULTURE 72 hour
ENDO TRACHEAL CULTURE 72 hour
EYE SWAB CULTURE 72 hour
NASAL SWAB CULTURE 72 hour
SPUTUM CULTURE 72 hour
PLEURA FLUID CULTURE 72 hour
PERITONEAL FLUID CULTURE 72 hour
SUB GALEAL FLUID CULTURE 72 hour
ASPIRATE CULTURE 72 hour
FAECES CULTURE 72 hour
TISSUE CULTURE 72 hour
CANNULA TIP CULTURE 72 hour
MISCELLANEOUS 72 hour
PUS CULTURE 72 hour
FLUID TB CULTURE 1440 hour
GASTRIC ASPIRATE TB CULTURE 1440 hour
SPUTUM TB CULTURE 1440 hour
TISSUE TB CULTURE 1440 hour
URINE TB CULTURE 1440 hour
FLUID FUNGAL CULTURE 720 hour
BLOOD FUNGAL CULTURE 720 hour
CSF FUNGAL CULTURE 720 hour
SPUTUM FUNGAL CULTURE 720 hour
TISSUE FUNGAL CULTURE 720 hour
PUS ANAEROBIC CULTURE 168 hour
ASPIRATE ANAEROBIC CULTURE 168 hour
EAR SWAB 72 hour
PCR - TB 36 hour
RPR 1 hour
RT-PCR - VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS 24 hour
RT-PCR - TROPICAL FEVER 24 hour
SEROLOGY - ASO 1 hour
SEROLOGY -CRP 1 hour
SEROLOGY -RF 1 hour
SEROLOGY - C3 1 hour
SEROLOGY - C4 1 hour
RTPCR-ANTI MICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) 24 hour
RTPCR - BRUCELLA 24 hour
MALARIA-CARD TEST 1 hour
FILM ARRAY (BIOFIRE) - RESPIRATORY PANEL 16 hour
FILM ARRAY (BIOFIRE) - MENINGITIS/ENCEPHALITIS PANEL 16 hour
FILM ARRAY (BIOFIRE) - BLOOD CULTURE ID PANEL 16 hour
ANTINUCLEAR FACTOR 72 hour
NERVE BIOPSY 144 hour
CSF AND OTHER FLUID MALIGNANT CYTOLOGY 48 hour
SPUTUM-MALIGNANTCELL 48 hour
ANTI-PHOSPHO LIPID ANTIBODY(APLA) 72 hour
ANTI TITIN ANTI BODY 8 hour
FINE N ASPIRATION CY 72 hour
ANTI-PHOSPHO LIPID IGM 8 hour
ANTI DS DNA 72 hour
ANTI NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC AB 72 hour
ANTI THYROGLBULIN IG G 72 hour
ANTTHYROID PEROXIDASE IG G 72 hour
AQUAPORIN - MOG IIFT 360 hour
ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY IN SERUM ELISA 24 hour
HISTOPATHOLOGY BIOPSY 120 hour
INTRA-OPERATIVE CONSULTATION (FROZEN SECTION/SQUASH PREPARATION) 20 minutes
ANA PROFILE WITH MI -2 AND KU (IMMUNOBLOT) 48 hour
GANGLIOSIDES PROFILE 2 (IMMUNOBLOT) 48 hour
NEURONAL ANTIGENS PROFILE 2 (IMMUNOBLOT) 48 hour
IIFT-NMDA-SERUM 360 hour
IIFT-VGKC-SERUM 360 hour
IIFT-NMDA-CSF 360 hour
IIFT-VGKC-CSF 360 hour
MUSCLE ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY 168 hour