Laboratory Medicine
POLYDOC Hospital has in-house state-of-the-art laboratory that provides the best services to all the patients (OPD & IPD). The pathology laboratory at POLYDOC Hospital offers 24x7 services to the patients. We believe that quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skilful execution.
The pathology laboratory at POLYDOC Hospital provides good quality of reports even in emergency situations. Our unique, hi-tech laboratory has got world-class instruments and well trained, efficient staff.
Scope of Services
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Peripheral smear examination
- Blood group
- Prothrombin time (PT)
- Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
- Fibrinogen
- D-Dimer test
- Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)
- Haemoglobin (Hb) electrophoresis
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis
- Quantitative Buffy Coat (QBC) for Malaria
- Malaria Antigen Detection Test for malarial parasite (MP)
- Others
- Blood sugar
- Liver function test
- Renal function test
- Uric acid
- C-reactive protein (CRP)
- Unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC)
- Total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
- Iron
- Creatine kinase (CK)
- CK-MB
- Homocystenine
- Lipoprotein
- Lipid profile
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
- Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA1)
- Apolipoprotein B (ApoB)
- Ammonia
- Lipase
- Amylase
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Chloride
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Phosphorous
- Others
- Urine routine & micro
- Semen examination
- Fluid examination
- Sputum examination
- Stool examination
- Papanicolaou (Pap) smear examination
- Urine pregnancy test
- Platelet rich plasma (PRP)
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination
- Blood grouping
- Cross matching
- Packed cell volume (PCV)
- Platelet concentrate
- Fresh frozen plasma
- Platelet rich plasma
- Cryoprecipitate
- Cryo-poor Plasma
- Cytology
- Biopsy
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
- Gene Xpert for tuberculosis
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load
- Polymerase chain reaction for tuberculosis (TB PCR)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test
- Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
- Antistreptolysin O (ASO) Tire
- C-reactive protein (CRP)
- Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (Anti-CCP) antibody
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin D
- function test (TFT)
- LH
- FSH
- Prolactin
- Oestrogen
- Progesterone
- Testosterone
- IgE
- PTH
- Ferritin
- Pyogenic culture & sensitivity
- Blood culture & sensitivity
- Fungal culture & sensitivity
- Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) culture & sensitivity
- Gram stain
- Zeil-Neelson (ZN) stain
- Modified ZN stain
- Fungal stain
- Crytpococcal antigen detection
- Clostridium difficile toxin detection
- Environmental surveillance
- Biological indicator report
- Water culture
- Food culture
- Hanging drop preparation
- CSSD surveillance
Equipments :
The pathology laboratory at POLYDOC Hospital is equipped with a wide range of automated analysers. Some of our most prominent instruments are:
- LH 780-Fully Automated 5 part cell counter - Haematology analyser (Beckman Coulter)
- Cobas c311- Fully Automated Biochemistry analyser (Roche)
- Cobas e411- Fully Automated Immuno-diagnostic analyser (Roche)
- Immulytes 2000 xpi (Siemens) - Fully automated analyser for allergy tests and pregnancy markers
- QWALYS3 (Diagast) - Fully automated blood group analyser
- D10 (HPLC Technology) - Fully automated analyser for HbA1c (Biorad)
- Bactec Fx40 (BD) - Automated blood and body fluid culture instrument for growth and detection of organism
- Vitek 2- Fully automated identification and sensitivity testing of bacteria by minimum inhibitory incubation, MIC (BioMerieux)
- Stago (Startmax) - Coagulometer analyser
- ABL Flex 80 (Radiometer) - Arterial blood gas (ABG) and electrolytes analyser
- COBAS U 411- Urine analyser (Roche)
Quality Assurance :
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Third party quality controls (Bio-Rad and Randox) are run every day at pre- determined intervals before the commencement of testing of actual patient samples
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Daily analysis of results of controls are done on basis of Westgard’s QC Multi-Rules and corrective actions are taken before analysing patient’s samples
External quality assessment schemes are accepted all over the world as invaluable tools for laboratories, to assess the accuracy of test results. Our laboratory has participated in EQAS programme of Bio-Rad and Randox to improve performance and overall quality of laboratory practices.
- Ideal blood collection via vacutainer system to avoid activation of clotting mechanism
- Pneumatic system for rapid transport of samples which significantly reduce TAT
- Periodic calibration of machines
- Complete documentation like log books for instruments, daily, weekly and monthly maintenance books etc.
- Every 4 hours monitoring and documentation of various temperature-sensitive instruments like a refrigerator and deep freezer where reagents, kits and samples are stored
- Bidirectional Interfacing of all instrument to software, so that transfer of data occurs automatically i.e. No manual error while preparing reports
- A dual check of reports by qualified and well trained technical staff and final approval by pathologist
- A repeat of abnormal samples and critical value samples by different technologists
