• Guide to Lab Services
• Lab Test Directory
• Critical Values
• Discontinued Tests
• Reference Ranges
• Specimen Collection
• Stat Testing
• Sweep Time for Calgary Hospital Lab Collections
• Anatomic Pathology & Cytopathology
• Chemistry & Hematology
• Flow Cytometry
• Microbiology
• Tests
• Microbiology Tests
• Acanthamoeba Culture
• Adenovirus Screen
• Amoeba
• Anaerobic Culture
• Anaerobic Culture Heart Valve Tissue
• Aspergillus Culture
• Babesia
• Bacterial Culture
• Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Yeast
• Bilharziasis
• Blastomyces Culture
• Blood Cultures
• Blood Parasites
• Candida Vincents' Organisms
• Candida/Yeast Culture
• Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorroheae (GC) Test
• Clostridium Difficile Toxin
• Coccidioides Culture
• Cryptococcal Antigen
• Cryptosporidium
• Culture & Sensitivity
• Ectoparasite Identification
• Elephantiasis
• Enteric Pathogen Stool Culture
• Enterobius vermicularis
• Filaria
• Fungal Culture
• Fungal Culture, Biopsy
• Giardia/Cryptosporidium screen
• Gram Stain
• Group A Streptococcus Screen
• Group B Streptococcus Culture
• Helicobacter Culture
• Helicobacter pylori Antigen
• Herpes Simplex (HSV), Slide for Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA)
• Histoplasma Culture
• HIV, Viral Load
• HSV/VZV
• Influenza A & B
• Legionella Antigen Test
• Legionella Culture
• Leishmania
• Leukocytes (WBC), Stool
• Loaiasis
• Malaria
• Mansonellosis
• Microfilaria
• Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
• Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Screen
• Neisseria gonorroheae Culture
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae(GC)/Chlamydia Test
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC)/Chlamydia Tests - Eye
• Neisseria Meningitidis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
• Neutrophils - Stool
• Onchcerciasis
• Ova and Parasites
• Parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3
• Pinworm
• Pneumocystis jirovecii (PCP), BAL
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Screen
• Respiratory Virus Screen
• Rotalex
• Rotavirus
• Scabies Identification
• Schistosoma
• Staphylococcus Aureus Carrier
• Staphylococcus (MRSA)
• Sterility Testing
• Stool Toxin
• Streptocerciasis
• Throat - Cystic Fibrosis Culture
• Tissue Parasites
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Trophozoities
• Trypanosomes
• Vanomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
• Vancomycin Resistant Enteroccus (VRE)/Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA)
• Varicella Zoster (VZV), Direct Fluorescent Antigent Test (DFA)
• Vincent's Organisms
• Viral Load, HIV
• Worm Identification
• Sources
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Molecular Hematology
• Referrals
• Tissue Typing
• Toxicology
• Transfusion Medicine

Sterility Testing

Note:  Environmental specimens are NOT routinely cultured and require approval by Infection Control.


Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine products
Blood, Cadaveric
Bone Bank Specimens, Donor
Bone Bank Specimen, Recipient
Skin Bank Specimens, Donor
Skin Bank Specimen, Recipient
Corneal Limbus, Donor
Corneal Rim, Recipient
Vitreous Fluid, Donor
Heart Valve Rinse
Attest
Sporestrip
Positive Attest Biological Indicator ( BI)
Airfall Plates
Endoscopy wash
Pharmacy Specimens
TPN(CIVA)Broth (Total Parenteral Nutrition)
Injectable fluids

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