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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 top tube For neonates
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
external auditory canal Place swab into transport medium Wire swabs must be returned in a tube of charcoal transport medium Fastidious organisms will
For children, blood taken into a 2mL EDTA tube sent immediately to the laboratory on ICE with a simultaneous tube for cortisol.
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
Sample requirements For adults, a minimum of 1mL blood taken into a 6mL lithium heparin tube For children, a minimum of 1mL blood taken into a 2mL lithium
During a PTC, a needle is passed through the skin and muscle into the liver and then into the bile ducts from above.
Feeding: New babies can sometimes have trouble with feeding, so we help by giving them milk through a tube which goes into their nose and down into their
Place the container and the request form into the green bag provided. Seal the bag along the grip seal then put it into the white carrier bag.
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a plain gel tube For children, blood taken into a 3.5 mL paediatric serum tube For neonates, blood
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 top
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
Rinse needle into a sample vial containing Cytolyt as shown.
Sample requirements Check swab expiry date before use (Date is in YYMMDD format) The vesicle should be de-roofed and the swab ground into the base of the
For adults, blood taken into a 4mL EDTA tube sent on ICE: For children, blood taken into a 2mL EDTA tube sent on ICE: For neonates, blood
For children, blood taken into 1) 3.5mL rust top tube and 2) 2mL fluoride-oxalate tube 1. 2.
for processing in the laboratory rather than preparation into direct smears.
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into an 4mL EDTA tube For children, blood taken into a 2mL EDTA tube Storage/transport Do not store.
See also:Dengue antibodies Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Sample requirements 4ml of blood taken into an EDTA tube AND 8.5ml of blood taken into a plain
a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust top tube For neonates, blood taken into