Clinical Pathology

This is also referred to as laboratory medicine. Clinical pathology concerns the analysis of blood, urine and tissue samples to examine and diagnose disease. Examples of the information clinical pathology laboratories may provide include blood count, blood clotting and electrolyte results. A clinical pathologist is usually trained in microbiology, hematology or blood banking, but not at the same expert level as someone who specializes in one of these fields. LabNetwork has staff that specialize in the different fields of Clinical Pathology, for more accuracy and reliability.

The fields under Clinical Pathology include:

Haematological Tests

Full Blood Count (FBC)

Serology and blood transfusion services

Blood film for MP

Coagulation Studies: Bleeding time, Prothrombin time (PT), Thrombin time (TT), Activated Partial Thromboplastin time (APTT), International Normalised Ratio (INR), D-Dimer

Blood screening

Blood grouping (ABO/RH)

ESR

Chemical Pathology Tests

Serum electrolytes, Urea and Creatinine (SE/U/Cr)

Liver function test (LFT)

Fasting Lipid Profile (FLP)

Total Protein and Albumin

CSF Biochemistry

Blood Glucose (HbA1C)

Serum Calcium

Hormonals

Progesterone

FSH

LH

Cortisol

T3

T4

TSH

PSA

Procalcitonin

Prolactin

CRP

Troponin T/I

D- Dimer

Microbiological Tests

URINE

Urinalysis

Urine M/C/S

Urine pregnancy test

SWABS (Nose, throat, eye, ear, vaginal, wound, urethral)

Swab M/C/S

Sputum M/C/S

Aspirate M/C/S

BLOOD CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

Serology ( Widal, HIV1&2, HCV ,HBsAg, VDRL)