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Importance of Clinical Lab Tests and Selection of the Best Laboratory

Importance of Clinical Lab Tests

As we know, lab diagnosis is the third eye of clinicians/doctors. Medical/ clinical laboratory tests are important for us as a part of a routine checkup to look for changes in our health. These assays also assist to diagnose medical conditions, plan or evaluate treatments, monitoring/prognosis diseases and provide us with healthy lives and even save us from death. Proper diagnosis may only be achieved by joining the best laboratory surrounding you.

Fig. One section of the Clinical Laboratory setup

Selection of the Best Laboratory

The best medical/clinical laboratory can be chosen to have the following properties-

  1. The latest technology
  2. Sophisticated equipment
  3. Stringent quality measures
  4. Rigorously trained manpower e.g. technicians/technologists/specialists
  5. Fully, automated state-of-the-art analyzers
  6. The capacity for processing large amounts of tests per day
  7. Full-spectrum of tests from routine Complete Blood Picture (CBP) to blood sugar tests.
  8. Nationally or internationally (ISO certified) accredited testing laboratory
  9. Availability of various test packages in the laboratory

Importance of Clinical Lab Tests

The importance of Clinical Lab Tests is applicable in the following test packages-

  • Basic Health Check-up Package
  • General Health Check-up Package
  • Executive Health Check-up Package

Investigations for Basic Health Check-up Package

Laboratory Investigation

Hematology-

Biochemistry

Miscellaneous

  • Urine Routine Examination
  • Stool Routine Examination

Radio Imaging Investigations

  • Chest X-ray
  • USG abdomen & Pelvis
  • ECG

Investigations for General Health Check-up Package

Laboratory Investigation

Hematology-

Biochemistry

Serology

Miscellaneous

Radio Imaging Investigations

  • Chest X-ray
  • USG abdomen & Pelvis
  • ECG

Investigations in Executive Health Check-up Package

Laboratory Investigation

Hematology-

Biochemistry

  • Fasting Blood Sugar(FBS)
  • Postprandial (PP) glucose test
  • Uric Acid
  • Renal Function Test(RFT)/Kidney Function Test (KFT)-Blood Urea, Creatinine, Sodium, Potassium)
  • Blood Calcium
  • Cardiac Function Test
  • Lipid Profile (Total Cholesterol/Triglyceride/High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)/LDH)
  • Liver Function Test (LFT): Total Bilirubin, Direct Bilirubin, Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/ ALT(Alanine transaminase), Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase(SGOT)/AST(Aspartate transaminase or aspartate aminotransferase), Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Protein and Albumin
  • Thyroid Function Test (TFT)

Miscellaneous

  • Urine Routine Examination
  • Stool Routine Examination
  • Stool occult blood test

Radio Imaging Investigations

  • Chest X-ray
  • USG abdomen & Pelvis
  • ECG
  • ECHO
Medical Lab Notes

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