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Anatomic Pathology & Cytopathology

Anatomic Pathology Specimen Collection

Cancer Cytogenetics

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Chemistry & Hematology

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Aspirate Duodenal

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Blood Bank Transfusion Medicine

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Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL)

Bronchial Brush Protected Brush Double Shielded Brush

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt

Corneal Scrapings

Dialysate Fluid

Endocervical (Cervical, Cervix)

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Environmental Sterility Specimens

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Heart Valve Tissue

Implanted Medical Device

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Lumbar Puncture

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Pharmacy Specimens

Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis)

Prostatic Fluid

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Recipient Specimens

Sputum Cystic Fibrosis

Urethral (Male)

Urine Non Routine

Wound Superficial

Microbiology Tests

Acanthamoeba Culture

Adenovirus Screen

Anaerobic Culture

Aspergillus Culture

Bacterial Culture

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Yeast

Blastomyces Culture

Blood Parasites

Candida Vincents' Organisms

Candida / Yeast Culture

Chlamydia / Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Test

Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Test - Eye

Clostridium Difficile Toxin

Coccidioides Culture

Cryptococcal Antigen

Cryptosporidium

Culture & Sensitivity

Enteric Pathogen Stool Culture

Ectoparasite Identification

Enterobius vemicularis

Giardia /Cryptosporidium Screen

Group A Streptococcus Screen

Group B Streptococcus Culture

Herpes Simplex (HSV), Slide for Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA)

Histoplasma Culture

HIV, Viral Load

Influenzae A & B

Legionella Antigen Test

Legionella Culture

Leukocytes (WBC)

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)

Mycoplasma / Ureaplasma Screen

Neisseria gonorroheae Culture

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC)/Chlamydia Test

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC)/Chlamydia Test - Eye

Neisseria Meningitidis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Ova and Parasites (O&P)

Parainfluenzae 1, 2, and 3

Pneumocystis carinii (PCP)

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Screen

Respiratory Virus Screen

Scabies Identification

Staphylococcus Aureus Carrier

Sterility Testing

Streptocerciasis

Tissue Parasites

Trichomonas vaginalis

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Culture

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA)

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Direct Fluorescent Antigen Test (DFA)

Viral Load, HIV

Worm Identification

Microbiology Containers and Media

Microbiology Newsletters

Molecular Hematology

Urine Drug Screens

Drug Test Pricing

Clinical Toxicology Testing

Transfusion Medicine

Pretransfusion Testing

Ordering Pretransfusion Testing

Completing the Requisition

Patient Identification

Specimen Collection

Specimen Rejection

Blood Component & Product List

Autologous Blood

Cryoprecipitate

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Plasma - Cryo Poor

Plasma - Fresh Frozen

Platelets - Apheresis

Plasma Protein (Fractionation) Products

CMV Immune Globulin

Coagulation Factor Concentrates

Hepatitis B Immune Globulin

Hepatitis B Vaccine

Immune Serum Globulin

IV Immune Globulin

Rh Immune Globulin

Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin

Ordering Blood Components & Products

Urgent Requirements for Blood

Blood Component Issue & Administration

Transfusion of Blood Components & Products

Return of Blood Components & Products

Adverse Transfusion Reactions

Autologous Transfusion Services

Guidelines for Transfusion

Directed Donations

Other Components

Plasma Protein (Fractionation) Products

Adverse Effects of Transfusion

Viral Transmission

Specimen Collection

Reference Ranges

Critical Values

Discontinued-Tests

Acanthamoeba Culture

Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies

Acetylcholinesterase - Amniotic Fluid

Acetylcholinesterase - Blood

Acetylsalicylic Acid

Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ACTH, Stimulation Test

Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

Activated Protein C Resistance

Adenosine Phosphoribosyl Transferase (APRT)

Adenovirus Screen

Adrenal Antibodies

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone

Adverse Reaction to Transfusion

Alanine Aminotransferase

Albumin - Blood

Albumin - Urine

Alcohol - Blood

Alcohol - Urine

Alcohol Screen - Blood

Aldosterone - Blood

Aldosterone - Urine

Alkaline Phosphatase

Allergy Testing, IgE

Alpha Galactosidase

Alpha Sub Unit (of pituitary glycoprotein)

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin - Blood

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin - Stool

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Genotyping

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Phenotyping (Pi typing)

Alpha-1 Fetoprotein

Alpha-1 Fetoprotein (Maternal Serum Prenatal Screen)

Alpha-1 Fetoprotein, Non-pregnant

Alpha-1 Fetoprotein, Pregnant

Alpha-1 Microglobulin

Alpha-2 Macroglobulin

Alpha-Acid Glycoprotein

Amino Acids - Blood

Amino Acids - Urine

Aminolevulinic Acid

Ammonia - Blood

Ammonia - Urine

Amniotic Fluid Fetal Lung Maturity

Amylase - Blood

Amylase - Urine

Anaerobic Culture

Androstenedione

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme

Anti-A and/or Anti-B Titration

Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies

Anti-Adrenal Cortex Antibodies

Anti-Beta-2 Glycoprotein

Anti-Cardiolipin Antibodies

Anti-CCP Antibodies

Anti-Centromere Antibodies

Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Polypeptide Antibodies

Anti-DNA Antibodies

Anti-Double-Stranded Antibodies

Anti-ds-DNA Antibodies

Anti-Endomysial Antibodies

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane

Anti-Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase

Anti-Granulocyte Antibodies

Anti-HAV IgM (IgM Antibody to Hepatitis A Antigen)

Anti-HAV Total (Total Antibody to Hepatitis A Antigen)

Anti-HBc (Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen)

Anti-HBc IgM (IgM Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen)

Anti-HBe (Antibody to Hepatitis Be Antigen)

Anti-HBs (Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen)

Anti-Heart Antibody

Anti-IgA Antibody

Anti-Intrinsic Factor Antibody

Anti Liver Kidney Microsomal Antibody

Anti-Microsomal Antibodies

Anti-Mitochondrial Antibody

Anti-MPO Antibody

Anti-Neutrophil Antibodies

Anti-Neuronal Antibody Type 1

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody

Anti-Nuclear Antibodies

Anti-Parietal Cell Antibody

Anti-Phospholipid Antibody

Anti-PR3 Antibody

Anti-Reticulin Antibody

Anti-Skeletal Muscle Antibody

Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody

Anti-Streptolysin O Titre

Anti-Teichoic Acid Antibodies

Anti-Thyroglobulin (Anti-TG)

Anti-Thyroid Antibodies

Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase

Anti-Transglutaminase

Anti-Yo/Anti-Hu

Antibody Screen

Antibody Screen, 28C

Antidiuretic Hormone

Antifungal Levels

Antitrypsin Antibodies

Antitrypsin Familial Studies

APC Resistance (Factor V Leiden)

APL Transcript Analysis by PCR

Apolipoprotein (A-1)

Apolipoprotein (B)

Apolipoprotein a (little a) Apo (a)

Apolipoprotein E Genotype

Arbovirus Serology

Arterial Blood Gas

ASA (Acetylsalicylic Acid)

Aspartate Aminotransferase

Aspergillus Culture

Aspergillus Serology

Bacterial Culture

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV Yeast)

Barbiturates, Qualitative

Bartonella henselae Serology

BCR-ABL1 Transcripts by Quantitative PCR

Bence Jones Protein

Benzodiazepines, Qualitative

Benzoylecgonine

Beta-2 Glycoprotein Antibody

Beta-2 Microglobulin

Beta Cross Laps

Beta HCG, Qualitative - Urine

Beta HCG, Quantitative - Blood

Beta-Hydroxy Butyrate

Bicarbonate Content - Blood

Bilirubin - Blood

Bilirubin, Conjugated

Bilirubin OD 450 - Amniotic Fluid

Bilirubin, Qualitative - Urine

Bioavailable Testosterone

Biochemical Genetic Tests

Biochemical Screen

Blastomyces Culture

Blastomyces Serology

Blood Gas - Arterial

Blood Gas - Arterial Community

Blood Gas - Capillary

Blood Gas - Cord Blood

Blood Gas - Fetal Scalp

Blood Gas - Venous

Blood Group/Type

Blood Parasites

Bone Marrow Examination

Bordetella pertussis by PCR

Borrelia burgdorferi

Breast CA1 & CA2

Breast Micrometastases

Brucella Serology

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide

Buffy Coat, Hematology

Bullous Pemphigoid Antibody

C-1 Esterase Inhibitor, Total Protein and Function

C-1 Inactivator

C-Reactive Protein

C-Terminal Telopeptides

Calcium, Free or Ionized

Calcium - Blood

Calcium - Stool

Calcium - Urine

Calculus Analysis

Calculus Xray Crystalography

Candida Vincent's Organisms

Candida Yeast Culture

Carbamazepine–10,11–Epoxide

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - Blood

Carbon Monoxide Exposure

Carboxyhemoglobin

Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Cardiolipin Antibody

Carnitine, Free and Acyl

Carrier Studies, Hemophilia and VW Disease Only

Catecholamines - Blood

Catecholamines - Urine

Cat Scratch Fever

CD4 (includes CD8)

CD95 Induced Apoptosis

Celiac Disease Screen

Cell Count on Bronchial Washings

CH-50 Complement

Chimerism Studies

Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorroheae

Chlamydia Serology

Chloral Hydrate

Chloride - Blood

Chloride - Stool

Chloride - Sweat

Chloride - Urine

Cholesterol, Total/HDL Ratio

Cholesterol Total

Cholinergic Receptor Antibody

Chorionic Gonadotropin

Chromosome Studies

Chylomicrons, Visual - Blood

Circulating Anticoagulant (Inhibitor Screen)

Circulating Immune Complex

Citrate - Urine

Clostridium difficile Toxin

CO2 Content - Blood

Coagulation Studies, Hemostasis

Coagulation Studies, Thrombosis

Cocaine Metabolite

Coccidioides Culture

Coccidioides Serology

Cold Agglutinins

Cold Agglutinins at 28°C

Complement C3 - Blood

Complement C3 - Synovial Fluid

Complement Hemolytic, Total

Complete Blood Count

Coombs Test, Direct

Coombs Test, Indirect

Copper - Tissue

Cord Blood Tests

Cortisol - Blood

Cortisol - Salivary

Cortisol - Urine

Cortrosyn Stimulation Test

Corynebacterium diptheriae

Cotinine, Quantitative - Blood

Cotinine, Quantitative - Urine

CPK (Creatine Phosphokinase)

Creatine Kinase

Creatine Kinase Isoenzymes

Creatinine - Blood

Creatinine - Urine

Creatinine Clearance

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Crossmatch Donor Final

Crossmatch Donor Preliminary

Crossmatch Recipient

CRP, High Sensitivity

Cryptococcal Antigen

Cryptosporidium

Crystal Identification

Culture & Sensitivity

Cyclic AMP, Urinary Excretion

Cystic Fibrosis, Molecular Testing

Cystine - Urine

Cytology Collections

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by DFA - Buffy Coat

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by PCR

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Culture

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Serology

Cytoplasmic RNP

Cytotoxic Antibody

1, 25 DiHydroxy Vitamin D

7-Dehydrocholesterol

11-Deoxycortisol (Compound S)

Darkfield Examination for Treponema pallidum

D-Dimer, DIC Investigation

D-Dimer, DVT/PE Investigation

D-Xylose Absorption Test

Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate

Desethylamiodarone

Desmethylclomipramine

Dexamethazone Suppression

Diazepam, Quantitative

Dibucaine Inhibition

Diabetes Screen

Diphtheria Antitoxin

Direct Antiglobulin Test

Direct Bilirubin

Directed Blood Donation Work-Up

Donath-Landsteiner Test

Downs Syndrome Maternal Triple Screen

Drug Screen, Comprehensive - Blood

Drug Screen, Comprehensive - Gastric

Drug Screen, Comprehensive - Miscellaneous

Drug Screen - Urine

DRVVT (Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test)

Early Risk Assessment

Echinococcus Serology

Ectoparasite Identification

Electrolytes - Blood

Electrolytes - Random Urine

Electrolytes - Stool

Electrophoresis - CSF

Electrophoresis, Hemoglobin

Electrophoresis, Lipoprotein

Electrophoresis, Protein - Serum

Electrophoresis, Protein - Urine

Engraftment Studies

Enteric Pathogen Stool Culture

Enterobius vermicularis

Eosinophil Count - Nasal

Eosinophil Count - Stool

Eosinophil Count - Urine

Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen

Epstein Barr Virus by PCR

Epstein Barr Virus Capsid Antigen (EBVCA)

Erythrocyte Fragility

Erythrocyte Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyl Transferase

Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Level

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Estriol, Unconjugated (E3)

Ethanol - Blood

Ethanol - Urine

Ethylene Glycol

Extractable Nuclear Antigen Antibodies

Factor Assays (Coagulant, Factors II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII screen)

Factor II G20210A Variant

Factor V Leiden Test (Protein and DNA Mutation Test)

Factor VIII and VWF Antigen by ELISA

Factor VIII Binding Assay

Factor VIII Gene Inversion Analysis

Factor VIII or IX Gene Mutation Analysis

Fat Globules Qualitative - Stool

Fat Globules, Random - Stool

Fatty Acids, Free

Fatty Acids, Very Long Chain (and Phytanic Acid)

FDP (Fibrin Degradation Products)

Fecal Fat, 72 Hour

Fecal Fat, Quantitative

Fetal Fibronectin

Fetal Hemoglobin, Quantitative

Fetal Hemoglobin, Kleihauer Stain

Fetal-Maternal Investigation

Fetal Lung Maturity

Fetomaternal Hemorrhage

Fibrinogen, Quantitative

First Maternal Screen

First Trimester Screen

Flecainide Acetate

Flow Cytometry Leukocyte Panel

FLT-3 Gene Mutation

Fluid Cell Count - CSF

Fluid Cell Count - Dialysate

Fluid Cell Count - Hydrocele

Fluid Cell Count - Pericardial

Fluid Cell Count - Peritoneal

Fluid Cell Count - Peritoneal or Renal Dialysis

Fluid Cell Count - Pleural

Fluid Cell Count - Synovial

Fluorescence Polarization

Fluoride Number

Folate - Red Cell

Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Fractional Sodium Excretion

Francisella tularensis Serology

Free Androgen Index

Free Erythrocytic Protoporphyrin (FEP)

Free Hemoglobin - Blood

Free Hemoglobin - Urine

Free T4 by Equilibrium Dialysis

Free Testosterone

Full Semen Analysis

Galactose Sugar Chromatography

Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyl Transferase

Gamma Glutamyl-transferase

Gentamicin - Blood

Gestational Diabetes Screen

GFR (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate)

Giardia/Cryptosporidium Screen

Globulins, Total

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Glucose - Blood

Glucose Meter Lab Check

Glucose, Qualitative Urine

Glucose - Synovial Fluid

Glucose Tolerance

Glycohemoglobin

Granulocyte Antibodies

Group A Streptococcus Screen

Group B Streptococcus Culture

5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid

5-Hydroxytryptamine

17-Hydroxyprogesterone

18-Hydroxycorticosterone

25-Hydroxy Vitamin D

Haemophilus ducreyi

Halothane (Anaesthetic)

Hantavirus Serology

HBeAg (Hepatitis Be Antigen)

HDL Cholesterol

Heinz Bodies Stain

Helicobacter pylori Antigen

Helicobacter pylori Breath Test

Helper/Suppressor Lymphocyte

Hemochromotosis, Hereditary

Hemoglobin and Hematocrit

Hemoglobin A2, Quantitative

Hemoglobin DNA Analysis

Hemoglobin Electrophoresis

Hemoglobin F, Kleihauer Stain

Hemoglobin H Stain (H bodies)

Hemoglobin S Level

Hemoglobin S Quantitation

Hemoglobin S Screen

Hemoglobinopathy Screen

Hemostasis Study

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia, Antibody

Hepatitis A Antibody, IgM

Hepatitis A Antibody, Total

Hepatitis A Immunity

Hepatitis B Core Antigen, Antibody

Hepatitis B Core Antigen, IgM Antibody

Hepatitis B DNA by PCR

Hepatitis B Immunity

Hepatitis B Quantitative Viral Load

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen, Antibody

Hepatitis B Viral Load

Hepatitis B Virus NAT

Hepatitis Be Antigen

Hepatitis Be Antigen, Antibody

Hepatitis C Genotyping

Hepatitis C PCR

Hepatitis C Qualitative PCR

Hepatitis C Quantitative PCR

Hepatitis C RNA by PCR

Hepatitis C RNA Viral Load

Hepatitis C Screen

Hepatitis C Viral Load

Hepatitis D Screen

Hepatitis E Serology

Hepatitis Immune Status

Hepatitis Screen

Hepatitis Serological Markers

Hereditary Cancer Molecular Testing

Herpes simplex by PCR

Herpes simplex Culture

Herpes simplex Serology

Herpes simplex, Slide for Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA)

Herpes zoster by PCR

Herpes zoster Serology

Histamine - Blood

Histamine - Urine

Histamine Metabolites

Histone Antibodies

Histoplasma Culture

Histoplasma Serology

HIV, Alberta Health, Visa or Occupational Exposure

HIV by Rapid Assay

HIV, Non-medical

HIV proviral DNA by PCR

HIV, Viral Load

HLA ABC Typing, Class I

HLA ABC-DR Typing, Class I & II

HLA Antibody Investigation

HLA Antibody Investigation, Luminex Flow

HLA Antibody Investigation, Post Renal Biopsy

HLA B1502 Carbamazepine

HLA B-27 by Flow Cytometry

HLA B5701 Abacavir HS

HLA DQ2/DQ8 Celiac

HLA DR-DQ, Class II

HLA DR2/DQ6 Narcolepsy

Homocysteine, Total on Babies (Free and Conjugated)

Homogentisic Acid

Homovanillic Acid

HTLV I/II Serology

Human Growth Hormone

Human Immunodeficiency Virus proviral DNA by PCR

Human Polyomavirus

Huntington Disease Molecular Testing

Hydrochlorothiazide

Hydrogen Breath Test

Hypercoaguable Workup

Hypertension Screen

Immuno-Complement Test

Immunobead Test

Immunodeficiency Panel

Immunofixation Electrophoresis - Blood

Immunofixation Electrophoresis - Urine

Immunoglobulin A - Blood

Immunoglobulin A - Secretory

Immunoglobulin D

Immunoglobulin E

Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains

Immunoglobulin G - Blood

Immunoglobulin G - CSF

Immunoglobulin G - Subclasses, Subgroups or Subytpes

Immunoglobulin M

Immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA & IgM)

Influenza A & B

Inhibitor Screen/Assay

Insulin Antibodies

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3

Insulin Tolerance Test

Intrinsic Factor Antibody

Ionized Calcium

Iron Binding Capacity

Iron, Dry Weight

Islet Cell Antibodies

Isohemagglutinins

JAK2 Mutational Analysis

Janus Kinase 2 Mutation

Karyotyping, Cytogenetic

Kleihauer Maternal Test

La (Latimer Antibodies)

Lactate - Blood

Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD)

Lactose Tolerance

LATF (Long Acting Thyroid Stimulating Factor)

Latimer Antibodies (La)

Laxative Testing

LDL Cholesterol, Calculated

LDL Cholesterol, Direct

Legionella Antigen

Legionella Culture

Legionella Serology

Leptospira Serology

Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency

Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase Stain

Leukocyte Antibody

Leukocyte Count/Differential

Leukocyte Peroxidase Stain

Leukocytes (WBC)

Lidocaine - Blood

Lidocaine - Urine

Lipoprotein (a)

Lipoprotein Electrophoresis

Lipoprotein Phenotype

Loss of Heterozygosity for 1p and 19q

Luminex Flow - HLA Antibody Investigation

Lupus Anticoagulant

Lupus Type Inhibitor

Luteinizing Hormone

Lyme Disease Serology

Lymphocyte Antibody Screen

Lymphocyte Subset Panel (T Cell, B Cell, NK Cell)

Lymphocytotoxic Screen

Magnesium - Blood

Magnesium - Stool

Magnesium - Urine

Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (MSAFP)

Maternal Serum Prenatal Screen, First Trimester

Maternal Serum Prenatal Screen, Second Trimester

Measles Serology

Meat Fibres, Qualitative - Stool

Metabolic Defect Screen

Metanephrines - Plasma

Metanephrines Urine

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Culture

Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Polymorphism

Methylmalonic Acid - Blood

Methylmalonic Acid - Urine

Minocycline, Quantitative - Blood

Mitochondrial Antibodies

Mitochondrial Studies

Mitogen Stimulation Assay

Mixing Study (Inhibitor Screen)

Molecular Diagnostic Tests

Monoclonal Antibodies

MSAFP (Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein)

MTHFR Gene Polymorphism

Mucopolysaccharides

Multimer Analysis

Muscular Dystrophy

Mycobacteria TB PCR on Tissue

Mycobacterium avium Complex

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycophenolic Acid

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Mycoplasma Serology

Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Screen

Myelin Basic Protein

Myeloperoxidase Stain

Myoglobin - Blood

Myoglobin - Urine

2N Von Willebrand Disease

2N VWD Mutation Analysis

2N VWD (Normandy) Binding Assay

N-Acetylprocainamide

N-Desmethylsuximide

N-Methyl Histamine

N-Terminal Prohormone B-Type Natriuretic Peptide

Nasal Eosinophils

Neisseria gonorroheae Culture

Neisseria meningitidis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Neutrophil Antibody

Neutrophil Associated Immunoglobulin

Neutrophil Function

Newborn Metabolic Screen

Nicotine, Quantitative - Blood

Nicotine, Quantitative - Urine

Normandy Defect

Normetanephrine

17-OH-Progesterone

25-OH Vitamin D

Occult Blood - Stool

Occult Blood - Urine

Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

Oligoclonal bands in CSF

Osmolality - Blood

Osmolality - Fluid

Osmolality - Stool

Osmolality - Urine

Osmotic Fragility, Erythrocyte

Ova And Parasites

Oxidative Burst

Oxypurines - Blood

Oxypurines - Urine

Pancreatic Islet Cell Antibodies

Pancreatic Polypeptide

Parainfluenzae 1, 2, and 3

Parathyroid Hormone

Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein

Parietal Cell Antibody

Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)

Parvovirus Serology

Paternity Testing

Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Antibodies

Perchloroethylene

Perforin Quantitation

Perinatal Antibody Test

Perinatal Follow-up Testing for Red Blood Cell Serology

Periodic Acid Schiff Stain

Peripheral Blood Smear Evaluation Request

Peripheral Blood Smear, Extra Slide Requests

Peritoneal Equilibrium Test

Pesticide Exposure Testing

pH - Other Fluid

pH - Pleural Fluid

Phenolphthalein

Phenylketonuria Screen

Phenytoin, Free

Pheochromocytoma Screen

Philadelphia Chromosome for Exclusion

Philadelphia Chromosome Transcript Analysis by Nested PCR

Phosphate - Blood

Phosphate - Urine

Phosphoethanolamine Amino Acid Screen

Phospholipid Antibody

Plasma Renin Activity (PRA)

Platelet Aggregation

Platelet Antibodies, Immune Thrombocytopenia Investigation

Platelet Antibodies, Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Investigation

Platelet Associated Immunoglobulin

Platelet Refractory HLA Antibody

Platelet Reticulocytes

Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency

Platelet Surface Markers

Pneumococcal Serology

Pneumocysis carinii (PCP)

Polychlorinated Bi-phenyls

Porphobilinogen, Quantitative

Porphobilinogen Deaminase

Porphyrin, Qualitative - Red Cell

Porphyrin, Qualitative - Stool

Porphyrin, Quantitative - Urine

Post Transplant Immune Monitoring

Post Vasectomy Check

Potassium - Blood

Potassium - Stool

Potassium - Urine

PRA (Plasma Renin Activity)

Prenatal Blood Group Serology

Prenatal Screen, First Trimester

Pretransfusion Testing

Procainamide and NAPA

Prostate Specific Antigen

Protease Inhibitor

Protein C Level

Protein/Creatinine Ratio

Protein Electrophoresis

Protein Immunofixation Electrophoresis

Protein, Qualitative Urine

Protein - Synovial Fluid

Protein, Total - Blood

Protein, Total - CSF

Protein, Total Quantitative - Urine

Prothrombin Time/INR

Protoporphyrin - Red Cell

Protoporphyrin, Zinc (Occupational Related)

PSA, Alberta Health Covered

PSA, Fractionated/Free

PSA, Non-medical (Direct Bill)

Pseudocholinesterase (Anesthetic)

Psittacosis orinithosis Serology

PTH Related Protein

Pyruvate Kinase Screen

Rabies Serology

Radiation Exposure Testing

Radio Allergen Sorbent Test

Rapid Plasma Reagin

Reaction to Transfusion

Red Blood Cell Osmotic Fragility

Red Cell Count (RBC) / Indicies (MCHC, MCV, RDW)

Red Cell Folate

Reducing Substances - Stool

Reducing Substances - Urine

Respiratory Burst

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Screen

Respiratory Virus Screen

Reticulocyte Count

Retinol Binding Protein

Rheumatoid Factor Quantitative

Rickettsiae Serology

Ristocetin Cofactor Activity

RNP (Ribonuclear Protein)

Ro (Rose Antibodies)

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rose Antibodies (Ro)

Rotavirus Electron Microscopy

Rubella Antibodies, Acute (IgG, IgM)

Rubella Antibodies, Immune Status (IgG)

Serotonin, Urine

S-Phenylmercapturic Acid

Salivary Cortisol

Scabies Identification

Schilling's Test

SCL-70 Antibodies

Scleroderma Antibodies

Sedimentation Rate

Serotonin, Referred Out

Sex Hormone Binding Globulin

Sickle Cell Screen

Skeletal Muscle Antibody

Skin Antibodies

SM/RNP Antibodies

Sm (Smith Antibodies)

Sodium, Fractional Excretion

Sodium Nitroprusside

Specific Gravity - Fluid

Specific Gravity - Urine

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Molecular Testing

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Molecular Testing

SS-A Antibodies (Ro)

SS-B Antibodies (La)

Staphylococcus aureus Carrier

Staphylococcus (MRSA)

Sterility Testing

Stool for Reducing Substances

Stool for Wright's Stain

Streptocerciasis

Succinylcholine

Sugar Chromatography

Sugar Identification, Chromatography

Synovial (Joint) Fluid Analysis - Crystals

Syphilis - Blood

Syphilis - Cerebrospinal Fluid

Unstable Hemoglobin

Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori

Urea, Post Dialysis

Urea Reduction Ratio

Ureaplasma Screen

Urobilinogen, Qualitative

Uroporphyrin-1-Synthetase

t(9:22) Translocation by Nested PCR

t(15:17) Translocation by PCR

T4, Free by Equilibrium Dialysis

T4/T8 (All Requests)

Tay-Sachs Disease Screen Test

T-cell HLA Antibody

Teichoic Antibodies

Testosterone, Bioavailable

Testosterone, Free

Testosterone, Total

Tetanus Serology

Thalassemia, Molecular Testing

Thalassemia, Screen

Thiopurine Methyl Transferase

Thioridazine, Quantitative - Blood

Thrombophilia Screen

Thyroglobulin Antibodies

Thyroid Antibodies

Thyroid Autoantibodies

Thyroid I 131 3 h Uptake

Thyroid Releasing Hormone (TRH) Stimulation Test

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibody

Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin

Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies

Thyroxine Binding Globulin

TIBC (Total Iron Binding Capacity)

Tissue Antibodies

Tissue Biopsy for Immunofluorescence

Tissue Parasites

Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody (IgA)

Tobramycin - Blood

Total Hemolytic Complement

Toxocara Serology

Toxoplasma Serology

Transferrin - Blood

Transferrin Saturation

Transfusion Reaction

Treponema pallidum - Blood

Treponema pallidum - Smear

Trichinella Serology

Trichomonas vaginalis

Tricyclic Screen

Trifluoperazine

Triiodothyronine

Triple Screen, Downs Syndrome

Troponin I Vidas

Trypanosoma cruzi Serology

TSH Receptor Antibodies

Tuberculosis (TB)

Type and Screen

Vancomycin - Blood

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Culture

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) Culture

Vanillylmandelic Acid

Varicella zoster

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Direct Fluorescent Antigen Test (DFA)

Vasectomy Check

Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide

Viral Load, HIV

Vitamin D, 1,25 Dihydroxy

Vitamin D, 25 Hydroxy

Volatile Screen

Von Willebrand Factor Collagen Binding

Von Willebrand Factor Multimers

Von Willebrand Workup

VWD Normandy Mutation Analysis

VWF Collagen Binding

Water Deprivation Test

West Nile Virus Testing

White Blood Count (WBC) / Differential

Wiskott Aldrich Investigation

Worm Identification

Wright's Stain - Stool

X-Linked Hyper IgM Syndrome

Xanthine - Blood

Xanthine - Urine

Xylose Tolerance

Yellow Fever Antibody

Yersinia Serology

Legionella Culture

Acanthamoeba - Eye, Critical

Anaerobic Culture - Prosthetic Device

Anaerobic Culture - Abscess, Deep

Anaerobic Culture - Antral Wash

Anaerobic Culture - Aspirate

Anaerobic Culture - Aspirate, Duodenal

Anaerobic Culture - Burn

Anaerobic Culture - Dialysate Fluid

Anaerobic Culture - Drainage Fluid Culture

Anaerobic Culture - Fluid, Non-CSF

Anaerobic Culture - Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid

Anaerobic Culture - Pleural Fluid

Anaerobic Culture - Synovial Fluid

Anaerobic Culture - Wound, Deep

Bacterial Culture - Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL)

Bacterial Culture - Bronchial Brush (Protected Brush, Double Shielded Brush)

Bacterial Culture - Autopsy Specimens

Bacterial Culture - Fluid, Non-CSF

Bacterial Culture - Implanted Medical Device

Bacterial Culture - Prostatic Fluid

Bacterial Culture - Sputum, Cystic Fibrosis

Bacterial Culture - Stool

Bacterial Culture - Throat

Bacterial Culture - Abscess, Deep

Bacterial Culture - Antral Wash

Bacterial Culture - Aspirate

Bacterial Culture - Biopsy

Bacterial Culture - Bronchial Wash (BW)

Bacterial Culture - Burn

Bacterial Culture - Catheter Tips

Bacterial Culture - Cervical, Cervix, Endocervix

Bacterial Culture - CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)

Bacterial Culture - Dialysate Fluid

Bacterial Culture - Drainage Fluid Culture

Bacterial Culture - Ear

Bacterial Culture - Endotracheal Aspirate

Bacterial Culture - Eye, Critical

Bacterial Culture - Eye, Routine

Bacterial Culture - Genital Wound

Bacterial Culture - Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid

Bacterial Culture - Pleural Fluid

Bacterial Culture - Rectal

Bacterial Culture - Semen

Bacterial Culture - Sputum

Bacterial Culture - Synovial Fluid

Bacterial Culture - Tissue

Bacterial Culture - Urethral

Bacterial Culture - Urine, Non-routine

Bacterial Culture - Urine, Routine

Bacterial Culture - Vaginal

Bacterial Culture - Wound, Deep

Bacterial Culture - Wound, Superficial

Bacterial Culture for Group B Streptococcus Only - Vaginal/Rectal

Bacterial Culture - Intrauterine Device

Bacterial Vaginosis/Yeast (BV/YST)

Candida/Vincent's Organisms - Gingiva

Candida/Vincent's Organisms - Mouth

Candida/Vincent's Organisms - Tongue

Chlamydia - Eye, Routine

Chlamydia - Urine

Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorroheae - Urethral, Male

Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorroheae (GC) - Cervical, Cervix, Endocervix

Clostridium difficile Toxin - Stool

Cryptococcal Antigen - CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)

Cryptosporidium - Stool

Ectoparasite Identification - Ectoparasite (lice, tick, flea)

Fungal Culture - Skin

Fungal Culture - Hair

Fungal Culture - Nails

Fungal Culture - Bone Marrow

Fungal Culture - Wound, Deep

Fungal Culture - Abscess, Deep

Fungal Culture - Aspirate

Legionella Antigen Test

Fungal Culture - Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL)

Fungal Culture - Bronchial Wash (BW)

Fungal Culture - CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)

Fungal Culture - Ear

Fungal Culture - Eye, Critical

Fungal Culture - Fluid, Non-CSF

Fungal Culture - Sputum

Fungal Culture - Stool

Fungal Culture - Throat

Fungal Culture - Urethral

Fungal Culture - Urine

Fungal Culture - Vaginal

Giardia/Cryptosporidium - Stool

Group A Streptococcus - Throat

Group B Streptococcus - Rectal

Herpes (HSV), DFA - Eye, Critical

HIV, Viral Load

Identification - Tapeworm

Identification - Worm

Leukocytes (WBC) - Stool

Neisseria gonorroheae (GC) - Cervical, Cervix, Endocervix

Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Rectal

Ova & Parasites - Aspirate

Ova & Parasites - Aspirate, Duodenal

Ova and Parasites - Stool

Pneumocystis carnii (PCP) - Bronchial Alveolar Lavage (BAL)

Respiratory Virus Screen (RSV, Influenza A & B, Parainfluenza 1, 2 & 3, Adenovirus) - Nasopharyngeal

Rotavirus - Stool

Scabies Identification - Skin

Schistosoma - Urine

Staphylococcus aureus Carrier - Nose

Sterility Culture - Bone Bank, Donor Specimen

Sterility Testing - Blood Bank (Transfusion Medicine)

Sterility Testing - Airfall Plates (Environmental Sterility Specimens)

Sterility Testing - Endoscopy Wash (Environmental Sterility Specimens)

Sterility Testing - Sterrad BI (Environmental Sterility Specimens)

Sterility Testing - Attest (Environmental Sterility Specimens)

Sterility Testing - Sporestrip (Environmental Sterility Specimens)

Sterility Testing - Blood, Cadaveric

Sterility testing - Corneal Limbus, Donor Specimen

Sterility Testing - Pharmacy Specimens

Sterility Testing - Recipient, Bone

Sterility Testing - Recipient, Corneal Rim

Sterility Testing - Recipient, Skin

Sterility Testing - Skin Bank, Donor Specimen

Sterility testing - Vitreous fluid, Donor Specimen

Trichomonas Vaginalis Urogenital

VRE Culture - Rectal

VRE/MRSA Culture - Rectal

Acanthamoeba-Cerebrospinal-Fluid-CSF

Sterility-Testing-Heart-Valve-Rinse

Pinworm-Enterobius-vermicularis

Varicella-Zoster-DFA

Anaerobic-Culture-Cerebrospinal-Fluid-CSF-Shunt

Anaerobic-Culture-Cerebrospinal-Fluid-Shunt

Anaerobic-Culture-Biopsy

Anaerobic-Culture-Bone-marrow

Anaerobic-Culture-Bone

Bacterial-Culture-Abscess-Superficial

Anaerobic-Culture-Heart-Valve-Tissue

Anaerobic-Culture-Tissue

Neisseria-meningitidis-PCR

Fungal Culture - Heart Valve Tissue

Mycoplasma Screen - Ureaplasma Urethral

Mycoplasma Ureaplasma Screen - Cervical Cervix Endocervix

Mycoplasma Ureaplasma Screen - Urine

Mycoplasma Ureaplasma Screen - Vaginal

Fungal Culture - Tissue

Fungal Culture - Bone

Fungal Culture - Implanted Medical Prosthetic Device

Fungal Culture - Biopsy

Cryptococcal Antigen Serum

Mobile Collection Service

PSC Hours and Locations

Having a Laboratory Test

Standing Orders for Tests

Patient Requests for Copies of Laboratory Records

Patient Instructions and Information Forms

PSC Patient Appointment Line

Mobile Collection Service

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