LABORATORY MEDICINE
It is a branch of medical science that deals with the study of the molecular and cellular elements blood and body fluids that aids the physician in proper diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
MISSION:
To provide state of the art laboratory procedures that helps the physician for the proper diagnosis and management of illness.
VISION:
To utilize cost effective laboratory procedures that delivers a high quality of laboratory services to all patients in the eastern part of the region.
SCOPE AND SERVICES:
The Department of Laboratory Medicine offers and provides a wide variety of laboratory tests and services performed by a qualified staff at the Regular Shift from 8am to 12am, Saturday Through Thursday. And in fridays from 4pm to 12am, Each shift has senior staff able to assists in troubleshooting or other unsual POCT situation.
LABORATORY SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Hematology Unit:
Available Tests:
Available Machine in the Unit
Available Machine
Cell Dyn 3700
The Abbott CELL-DYN 3700 Hematology Analyzer is a state of the art hematology machine that gives accurate results even in the presence of problematic samples.
KC4 Coagulometer
The KC4 Coagulometer is used for PT, APTT, Fibrinogen and Thrombin determination.
Helena
This machine and scanner is used for Hgb electrophoresis
Chemistry Unit:
Available Tests:
Machine available in the Unit
Vitros 250
Vitros 250 analyzer is a fully automated machine that uses dry slide method for the determination of all chemistry analysis.
Rapidlab348
Rapidlab 348 used for Blood Gas analysis
Microscopy Unit:
Available Tests
Machine available in the Unit
Microscope
Electric microscope used for the identification of the cellular elements of blood, body fluids, parasites and bacteria which is not visible to the naked eye.
Urine Clinitek
This strip reader provides important markers to detect early stages of many disease states, such as diabetes, kidney disease and urinary tract infections.
Special Chemistry Unit:
Available Tests:
Machine available in the Unit
Axsym
It is used for serology tests and therapeutic drug monitoring, and uses antibodies to alter the deflection of polarized light. It can also be used to monitor hormone level and some cardiac markers such as troponin.
DPC Immulite
The DPC Immulite machine is used for the determination of different kinds of hormones
Evolis Machine
Evolis is a self contained microplate processor designed to completely automate microtiter plate based EIA assays..
Minilyser
Minilyser machine is designed with microplate processor used for serological examinations especially for donor screening.
Blood Bank and Serology Unit:
Available Tests:
(Blood Bank)
(Serology)
Machine Available in the Unit
Diamed ID System
This microtyping system is used primarily for Blood Bank. Examinations include blood grouping,Rh typing, crossmatching, Coomb’s test, Antibody screening, Antibody Identification and Phenotyping. These uses gel card method
Jewitt T-10 Blood Bank Refrigerator
Blood component storage, with built-in solid-state electronic temperature control with the Jewett T100 Series alarm/monitor system.
Jouan Refrigerated Centrifuge
This is used for separating blood components like Packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma and platelets.
Platelet Agitator and Incubator
Platelets are stored in this machine for continuous agitation
EXTERNAL REFERRAL TESTS:
For any laboratory test that is not available at our lab can be referred to external referral laboratories in Germany or USA that has a valid accreditation as the CAP, or JCI.
QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS:
Our laboratories have an internal and external Quality Control Program to ensure accuracy, reliability and reproduction of assays.
- Internal Control Plan includes:
- External Quality Control plan includes: