The Specimen Reception – where I spent most of my day-to-day work – is part of the Lab-Med group that is situated in the Central Pathology lab, and is made up of the biochemistry laboratory, the haematology laboratory – which includes cryobiology and coagulation, the microbiology lab, the histopathology lab – which includes cytopathology, the immunology lab, cancer molecular diagnostics, and transfusion medicine, as well as the Irish mycobacterium reference lab, and the national MRSA reference lab
Specimen Reception is where the patient samples are received into the laboratory and are logged into the hospital’s patient system before being sent to the other labs to be processed. The main samples that are received into this lab are blood samples, …show more content…
Bone profile includes testing the levels of calcium, inorganic phosphate, albumin, and alkaline phosphatase. [2]. Lipid profile includes testing HDL cholesterol, LDL calculated, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio. [3] Liver profile incudes testing total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl aminotransferase (GGT), aspartamine aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransaminase (ALT). [4] Renal profile is the last profile test done, and it includes testing urea, creatinine, sodium, and potassium. …show more content…
Urea Breath tests are done by having the patient blow into an aluminium bag labelled “0”; this is the control bag. They are then required to take a 13C-Urea tablet, and blow into a second bag labelled “10” ten minutes later. This is done to test for the presence of H.Pylori, which can cause stomach ulcers. The results are analysed by the amount of Urea present in the breath, if there is a higher level of Urea in the second bag than the control bag, then it means there is H.Pylori present, as it breaks down the Urea in the tablet and converts it into CO2. When the samples are delivered to the hospital, each of the bags are attached to a port in an analyser, which analyses the amount of Urea present in the
Specimen Reception is where the patient samples are received into the laboratory and are logged into the hospital’s patient system before being sent to the other labs to be processed. The main samples that are received into this lab are blood samples, …show more content…
Bone profile includes testing the levels of calcium, inorganic phosphate, albumin, and alkaline phosphatase. [2]. Lipid profile includes testing HDL cholesterol, LDL calculated, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio. [3] Liver profile incudes testing total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl aminotransferase (GGT), aspartamine aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransaminase (ALT). [4] Renal profile is the last profile test done, and it includes testing urea, creatinine, sodium, and potassium. …show more content…
Urea Breath tests are done by having the patient blow into an aluminium bag labelled “0”; this is the control bag. They are then required to take a 13C-Urea tablet, and blow into a second bag labelled “10” ten minutes later. This is done to test for the presence of H.Pylori, which can cause stomach ulcers. The results are analysed by the amount of Urea present in the breath, if there is a higher level of Urea in the second bag than the control bag, then it means there is H.Pylori present, as it breaks down the Urea in the tablet and converts it into CO2. When the samples are delivered to the hospital, each of the bags are attached to a port in an analyser, which analyses the amount of Urea present in the