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 body fluid exposure Children's blood tests Cxbladder triage test Early morning urine collection Faeces collection Faecal occult blood (FOB) test Fasting tests Fine needle aspiration (FNA)

Glucose tolerance test Mid-stream urine collection (MSU) MRSA swabs Paediatric (baby's) urine collection Screen for diabetes in pregnancy Seminal fluid (sperm) collection for fertility Seminal fluid (sperm) collection post-vasectomy

Sputum collection for culture Sputum collection for cytology 24-hour urine collection 24-hour urine collection for 5-HIAA 24-hour urine collection with acid preservative Urine collection for cytology

Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Updated May 2016.

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