Clinical Microscopy Room 2, Central Laboratory, Local 3210

Urine Examinations
LABORATORY CONTAINER SPECIMEN/ PREPARATION SCHEDULE OF RELEASING
PROCEDURE QUANTITY EXAMINATION OF RESULTS
Urinalysis Clean, dry Urine, Freshly voided 24 hours Within 1
 Chemical container at least early morning hour upon
examination 10ml or random receipt
 pH midstream using flow
 Albumin urine sample cytometry
 Sugar (automated)
 Specific method, or
gravity Within 2
 Ketone hours upon
 Bilirubin receipt
 Uro- using
bilinogen manual
 Hemo- method
globin
 Leukocyte
 Nitrite
 Physical
examination
 Sediment
analysis
RBC Clean, dry Urine, Freshly voided 24 hours Within 2
morphology, container at least early morning hours upon
urine 10ml or random receipt
midstream
urine sample
Pregnancy Test Clean, dry Urine, Freshly voided 24 hours Within 2
container at least early morning hours upon
10ml or random receipt
midstream
urine sample
Stat urine Clean, dry Urine, Freshly voided 24 hours Within 30
examinations container at least early morning minutes
 Ketone 10ml or random upon
 pH midstream receipt
 protein urine sample
(qualitative)
 specific
gravity
 sugar
(qualitative)
Hemosiderin Clean, dry Urine, Freshly voided 24 hours Within 2
container at least early morning hours upon
10ml or random receipt
midstream
urine sample
Stool Examinations
LABORATORY CONTAINER SPECIMEN/ PREPARATION SCHEDULE OF RELEASING
PROCEDURE QUANTITY EXAMINATION OF
RESULTS
Fecalysis Clean, dry,  10g if  Specimen 24 hours Within 2
wide mouth solid must not be hours
container  10ml if contaminated upon
watery with receipt
urine/water
 Use clean
stick for
collection
FECT (Formalin Clean, dry,  10g if  Specimen 24 hours Within 2
Ether wide mouth solid must not be hours
Concentration container  10ml if contaminated upon
Technique) watery with receipt
urine/water
Stool Exam for Clean, dry  10 g if  Freshly 24 hours Within one
Cryptosporidium wide mouth solid collected (1) hour
/ Giardia Lamblia container  10 mL if stool upon
Antigen with cap watery  Specimen receipt or
and label must not be 30 minutes
contaminat if STAT
ed with
urine/water
Stool Exam for E. Clean, dry  10 g if  Freshly 24 hours Within one
Histiolytica wide mouth solid collected (1) hour
Antigen. container  10 mL if stool upon
with cap watery  Specimen receipt or
and label must not be 30 minutes
contaminat if STAT
ed with
urine/water
Rotavirus Antigen Clean, dry  10 g if  Freshly 24 hours Within one
Stool Test wide mouth solid collected (1) hour
container  10 mL if stool upon
with cap watery  Specimen receipt or
and label must not be 30 minutes
contaminat if STAT
ed with
urine/water
Immunochemical Clean, dry  10 g if  Freshly 24 hours Within one
Fecal Occult wide mouth solid collected (1) hour
Blood Test container  10 mL if stool upon
(iFOBT) with cap watery  Specimen receipt or
and label must not be 30 minutes
contaminat if STAT
ed with
urine/water
 No dietary
preparation
needed

Occult Blood Clean, dry,  10 g if  Freshly 24 hours Within one

(FOBT; Guiaiac wide mouth solid collected (1) hour
Peroxidase container  10 mL if stool upon
Method) with cap watery  Specimen receipt or
and label must not be 30 minutes
contaminat if STAT
ed with
urine or
water
 Preferably
patient
must not
have eaten
any red
meat for
three (3)
days

Semen Examination
LABORATORY CONTAINER SPECIMEN/ PREPARATION SCHEDULE OF RELEASING
PROCEDURE QUANTITY EXAMINATION OF RESULTS
Semenalysis Clean, dry, Semen, 3 to 5 days of 24 hours Within 4
wide mouth whole no sexual hours upon
container volume contact or receipt
ejaculation of
semen

Other Body Fluids Examinations

LABORATORY CONTAINER SPECIMEN/ PREPARATION SCHEDULE OF RELEASING
PROCEDURE QUANTITY EXAMINATION OF RESULTS
Body Fluid Clean, dry  CSF None 24 hours Within 2
examination container  Peri- hours upon
 pH toneal fluid receipt
 Specific  Pleural
gravity fluid
 WBC count
 Differential
count
 RBC count
 RBC
morphology
Synovial Fluid Green top, Synovial None 24 hours Within 2
examination heparin fluid hours upon
 pH anti- receipt
 Specific coagulant
gravity
 WBC count
 Differential
count
 RBC count
 RBC
morphology
Vaginal washing Clean, dry Vaginal 24 hours Within 2
examination container washing hours upon
 receipt
Ferning Test Clean, dry Vaginal Done at the 24 hours Within 2
slides discharge wards hours upon
receipt

Urinary or Kidney Stone Analysis

LABORATORY CONTAINER QUANTITY PREPARATION SCHEDULE OF RELEASING
PROCEDURE EXAMINATION OF RESULTS
Urinary or Clean, dry Entire None 24 hours Within 4
Kidney Stone container specimen hours upon
analysis receipt