A valid and completed requisition form, signed and dated by your healthcare provider and a valid health care card with full name and date of birth is essential for your visit to ensure integrity and accuracy.
If health care card is forgotten or expired prior to the visit, we may ask for payment to process the ordered tests.
If test (s) not eligible for coverage under your health care card, we accept cash, Visa and Mastercard.
Do not eat or drink (except water) for 8-12 hours before the following tests:
• GLUCOSE - fasting
• LIPIDS/CHOLESTEROL - if indicated
Note: Chewing gum and brushing teeth during the fasting period is acceptable.
Collect sample withing 3 hours of waking
Collect sample between 2:00pm to 8:00pm
Avoid oily or greasy skin creams and lotions the day of the test because they can keep the electrodes from contacting your skin.
Avoid full-length hosiery, because electrodes need to be placed directly on your legs.
Wear a shirt that you can remove easily to place the leads on your chest.
Do not eat or drink (except water) for 8-12 hours before the following tests:
• GLUCOSE - fasting
• LIPIDS/CHOLESTEROL - if indicated
Note: Chewing gum and brushing teeth during the fasting period is acceptable.
Seymour Health Centre is dedicated to maintaining sample integrity and test validation. Explicit sample and test request acceptance and rejection criteria are defined.
Samples and test requests presented to the laboratory must meet the acceptance criteria or sample is rejected and testing is cancelled.
This policy outlines the process used to identify a specimen as unsuitable for testing.
• Age of specimen
• Incorrect container used
• Specimen is hemolyzed, clotted, etc.
• Insufficient specimen to perform testing
• Sample is not labelled with at least two positive patient identifiers
• An incomplete requisition including date and time of collection
• Sample not accompanied with a complete requisition
• Sample identity does not positively correlate with the requisition
• Sample not transported under the correct conditions
• Sample not stored in the proper requirements
• Blood sample not collected in the correct order of draw
• Sample pose a possibility of contamination
• Sample leaking
• Exterior of container is grossly contaminated with the sample
The patient will be asked to repeat the collection and ordering physician/health care provider may be notified.
This policy outlines the process used to identify a specimen as unsuitable for testing.
