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Sample requirements For adults, 5 ml of blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL
For neonates, blood taken into a 0.8mL lithium heparin minicollect tube: Urine Urine amino acids: 5mL urine collected into a 30mL white top Universal
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust
Once the pot is near full, finish passing the rest of the urine into the toilet.
A nephrostomy is a procedure to insert a tube into the kidneys to drain away the urine they make into a collection bag outside the body.
You will be given instructions about diet and what to bring into hospital.
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top gel tube (rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust top
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 4mL EDTA tube For children, blood taken into a 2mL EDTA tube For neonates, blood taken into a 1.0mL
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust top tube
For children, blood taken into a 2mL EDTA tube For neonates, blood taken into a 1mL minicollect EDTA tube Storage/transport Send at ambient temperature
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top gel tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust
/abscesses may be tested for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) See also:MRSA screen Sample requirements Standard charcoal transport swab Insert swab into
They then pass down a tube (or duct) into the nose, finally draining away into the back of your throat (see figure 1 within the PDF below).
taken into a 3.5mL rust top tube and protected from light For neonates, blood taken into a 0.8ml minicollect lithium heparin tube and protected from
For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 2mL lithium heparin tube
Bladder chemotherapy is a medication given directly into the bladder through a urethral catheter (a small tube that is passed up into the bladder).
Blood Blood taken into an 4mL EDTA tube (PROTECTED FROM LIGHT) Urine Early morning urine collected into 30mL Universal (PROTECTED FROM LIGHT)
Samples from the community should be taken into the orange top capillary tube and inserted into the brown outer tube for light protection.
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top gel tube (rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into 3.5mL rust top tube