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Anatomic Pathology / Cytopathology

Anatomic Pathology Specimen Collection

Cytopathology Specimen Collection

Chemistry and Hematology

Microbiology Sources

Abscess Superficial

Aspirate Duodenal

Autopsy Specimens

Blood Bank Transfusion Medicine

Blood Cadaveric

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)

Endotracheal Aspirate

Environmental Sterility Specimens

Fluid (Non-CSF)

Heart Valve Tissue

Implanted Medical Device

Intrauterine Device

Lumbar Puncture

Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid

Pharmacy Specimens

Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis)

Prostatic Fluid

Prosthetic Device

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

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

Directed Donor Blood

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

Clinical Trials

Specimen Collection

Mobile Collection Services

Critical & Alert Values

Reference Ranges

Deletions and Revisions

Antifungal-Levels

A-G Ratio (Albumin-Globulin Ratio)

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

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-Entosomal Antibodies

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane (AGBM)

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 (AMA)

Anti-MPO Antibody

Anti-Neutrophil Antibodies

Anti-Neuronal Antibody Type 1

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)

Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA)

Anti Ovarian Antibody

Anti-Parietal Cell Antibody

Anti-PDCE (pyruvate dehydrogenase)

Anti-Phospholipid Antibody

Anti-PR3 Antibody

Anti-Reticulin Antibody

Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody (ASMA)

Anti-Streptolysin O Titre

Anti-Teichoic Acid Antibodies

Anti-Thyroglobulin (Anti-TG)

Anti-Thyroid Antibodies

Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase

Anti-Transglutaminase

Anti-Trypsin Antibodies

Anti-Trypsin Familial Studies

Anti-Yo/Anti-Hu

Antibody Screen

Antidiuretic Hormone

Antigen-Specific IgE

APC Resistance (Factor V Leiden)

APL Transcript Analysis by PCR

APOE Genotyping

Apolipoprotein (A-1)

Apolipoprotein (B)

Apolipoprotein a (little a) Apo (a)

Apolipoprotein E

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 Transcript Analysis by Quantitative PCR

Bence Jones Protein

Benzodiazepines, Qualitative

Benzoylecgonine

Beta HCG, Qualitative - Urine

Beta HCG, Quantitative - Blood

Beta-Hydroxy Butyrate

Beta-2 Microglobulin

Beta-2 Glycoprotein

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

Bullous Pemphigoid Antibody

C-1 Esterase Inhibitor, Total Protein and Function

C-1 Inactivator

C-Reactive Protein

Calcium, Free or Ionized

Calcium - Blood

Calcium - Stool

Calcium - Urine

Calculus (Stone) 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

Catecholamines - Plasma

Catecholamines - Urine

Cat Scratch Fever

CD4 (includes CD8)

CD95 Induced Apoptosis

Cell Count on Bronchial Washings

CH-50 Complement

Chimerism Studies

Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorroheae

Chlamydia Serology

Chloral Hydrate

Chlordiazepoxide

Chloride - Urine

Chloride - Blood

Chloride - Stool

Chloride - Sweat

Cholesterol, Total to HDL Ratio

Cholesterol Total

Cholinergic Receptor Antibody

Chorionic Gonadotropin

Chromosome Studies, Cancer

Chromosome Studies, Developmental - Amniocentesis CVS

Chromosome Studies, Developmental - Blood

Chromosome Studies, Developmental - Fibroblasts

Chylomicrons, Visual - Blood

Chylomicrons, Visual - Fluid

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

Codeine, Qualitative

Cold Agglutinins

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

Cytogenetics, Cancer

Cytology Collections

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by DFA - Buffy Coat

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by PCR

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Culture

Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Immediate Early Antigen

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 Supression

Diazepam, Qualitative

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, Comprehensive - Urine

Drug Screen, Employment Related (Industrial, Pre-employment)

Drug Screen, Medical or Direct Bill

Drugs of Abuse Screen

DRVVT (Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test)

Desmethylclomipramine

Echinococcus Serology

Ectoparasite Identification

Electrolytes - Blood

Electrolytes - Random Urine

Electrolytes - Stool

Electrophoresis - Cerebrospinal Fluid

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

Erythropoietin Level

Estriol, Unconjugated (E3)

Ethanol - Blood

Ethanol - Urine

Ethylene Glycol

Extractable Nuclear Antigen Antibodies

F VIII Binding Assay

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 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 Lung Maturity Test (FLM)

Fetal-Maternal Investigation

Fetomaternal Hemorrhage

Fibrinogen, Quantitative

Flecainide Acetate

Flow Cytometry Leukocyte Panel

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 (FSH)

Fractional Sodium Excretion

Francisella tularensis Serology

Free Androgen Index (FAI)

Free Erythrocytic Protoporphyrin (FEP)

Free Hemoglobin - Plasma

Free Hemoglobin - Serum

Free Hemoglobin - Urine

Free Testosterone

Full Semen Analysis

Galactose (Sugar Chromatography)

Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyl Transferase

Gamma Glutamyl-transferase

Gentamicin - Blood

Gentamicin - CSF

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)

Hemoglobinopathy Screen

Hemostasis Study

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia, Antibody

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

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

Hepatitis B Core Antigen Antibody (Anti-HBc)

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

Hepatitis B DNA by PCR

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Antibody (Anti-HBs)

Hepatitis Be Antigen Antibody (Anti-Hbe)

Hepatitis Be Antigen (HbeAg)

Hepatitis C Genotyping

Hepatitis C RNA by PCR

Hepatitis C Screen

Hepatitis D Screen

Hepatitis E Serology

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 Covered

HIV by Rapid Assay

HIV, Non-medical

HIV proviral DNA by PCR

HIV, Viral Load