Collection instructions for patients

Instructions to help patients with their test preparations or specimen collections.

Test name
Type
3-day faecal fat Faeces
5-HIAA (5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid)/5HT (serotonin) Urine
24-hour blood pressure monitor Monitor
24-hour Holter monitor Monitor
24-hour urine collection Urine
24-hour urine histamine Urine
24-hour urine uric acid with a low-purine diet Urine
24-hour urine catecholamines/metanephrines/VMA  Urine
Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea swab collection Swab
Dexamethasone suppression test Blood
Faeces collection Faeces
Faecal occult  blood Faeces
Fasting calcium in urine or urinary calcium/creatine ratio Urine
Fasting collection Blood
Glucose tolerance test  Blood
Midnight salivary cortisol test Saliva
Midstream urine Urine
Paediatric urine collection Urine
Pinworm Skin
Post blood collection Blood
Semen analysis - Fertility assessment (Metropolitan) Semen
Semen analysis - Fertility assessment (Regional) Semen
Semen analysis - Post-vasectomy (Metropolitan) Semen
Semen analysis - Post-vasectomy (Regional) Semen
Sputum M/C/S, AFB or cytology Sputum
Stool SAF collection Faeces
Synacthen stimulation test Blood
Timed overnight urine collection Urine
Urea breath test Breath
Urine Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Trichomonas & Mycoplasma Urine
Urine cytology Urine
Urine hydroxyproline Urine