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    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

     

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