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When visiting this hospital as a patient, your doctor may request some laboratory tests. To do these tests it will be necessary to collect certain specimens from you, for example, blood, urine or other bodily fluids or tissue.
Your doctor or nurse will explain the need for these tests. The results will be given to your doctor and used to help him/her to make a diagnosis and/or follow your progress after any treatment.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:58 |
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1. What is the procedure recommended to the patient?
A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken normally form the middle of the arm. This involves placing a band (tourniquet) around the top of the arm to make the veins more palpable and visible. A small sterile needle is inserted and a sample of blood removed.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 22:02 |
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1. Introduction
You have been asked by your doctor to collect a 24-hour urine sample. You will be provided with a bottle in which you are to collect all urine passed during a 24-hour period. The bottle contains a preservative, so please do not empty or wash it out. Keep the bottle in an upright position and avoid getting the preservative on your skin or clothes. Ensure that your full name, and the date and time of starting and finishing the collection are clearly written on the label on the side of the bottle. The collection may start at any time of the day but it usually most convenient if it is started in the morning.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 22:09 |
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 Receiving a blood transfusion is like all medical treatments, a blood transfusion should only be used when really necessary. The decision to give a blood transfusion to a patient is made only after careful consideration. In making that decision your doctor will balance the risk of you having a blood transfusion against the risk of you not having one. Ask your doctor to explain why you need a transfusion, as there may be alternative treatments available.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:55 |
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 GTT patient information can be found here
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Last Updated on Thursday, 17 July 2008 13:15 |
- You must book an appointment for your sample.
- Please telephone (0121) 424 3236 and ask for an appointment for a detailed seminal fluid analysis.
- When booking an appointment please state whether it is more convenient for you to deliver the sample to the laboratory at Solihull or Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
- Please bring the sample at the time and date allocated to Laboratory Medicine reception (Pathology reception). Please ensure you are certain of the location of your appointment. Please hand specimen directly to one of the laboratory staff.
- Please complete the request form and remember to bring it to the laboratory with the sample.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:56 |
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