HealthInfo Canterbury

Blood tests & laboratory information

In Canterbury, laboratory testing is carried out by Canterbury SCL in the community and Canterbury Health Laboratories at Christchurch Hospital.

See Collection centres for details of the locations and opening hours of their collection centres.

Specific tests and instructions for collecting samples

Blood or body fluid exposure Blood tests for children Chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine collection Chlamydia and gonorrhoea vaginal swab Cxbladder triage test Diabetes in pregnancy tests Faeces collection Faecal occult blood (FOB) test

Fasting tests Fine needle aspiration (FNA) Glucose tolerance test MRSA swabs Paediatric (baby's) urine collection Seminal fluid (sperm) collection for fertility Seminal fluid (sperm) collection for fertility (Ashburton) Seminal fluid (sperm) collection post-vasectomy

Seminal fluid (sperm) collection post-vasectomy (Ashburton) Sputum collection for culture Sputum collection for cytology Urine collection (24-hour) Urine collection (24-hour) for 5-HIAA Urine collection (24-hour) with acid preservative Urine collection for cytology Urine collection (mid-stream)

Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed May 2016. Last updated December 2018.

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