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You should bring your medication or an up to date list of anything you take with you.
To make an ice pack you will need: a plastic bag (without any holes) crushed or cubed ice a small towel, tea towel or cloth Place the ice into the plastic
Please note that laboratory staff are not permitted to discuss specific tests or results with patients; you are advised to contact your GP or consultant
You also have rights to request rectification or erasure of your personal data in some cases, or to object to the use of your personal data.
You have a cough, cold or chest infection. You have a urinary tract infection. You have a skin infection or a broken, sore area of skin.
Perforation This is a tear or hole in the wall of the duodenum or bile duct. It can happen when therapy is undertaken.
baseline level prior to treatment or follow up).
This can mean there may be a wait to see a doctor or for a skin biopsy.
This will help to reduce any fear and/or anxiety that the patient may have.
This may be because you feel anxious or low.
Any sample displaying these factors cannot be processed and will be rejected Sample Requirements EDTA tube - 6mL Or EDTA tube - 4mL Or Required Information
These may be ‘faints’ or ‘funny turns’
Blanket request for IgE testing or food allergies will not be processed.
(No patient preparation or special handling required) Adult 5ml Gold-top SST tube or 3.5ml Rust-top gel tube (Trust users only) Paediatric 1ml serum Sample
support you have been given, or referred to.
If you wear pads because of incontinence or have difficulties inserting moon cups or tampons, unperfumed natural pads or reusable ones (made from bamboo
For ethylene glycol/methanol or paraquat overdose please refer to individual web pages.
secondary (e.g. due to excessive intake of oxalate or its precursors, or due to gastrointestinal disease associated with fat malabsorption).
If specialist coagulation tests are requested, one or more aliquots may be frozen until analysis (or up to two months) at between -15 and -40°C.
This is made by the doctor who the child or young person has seen.