Medical Laboratory Services
This Clinical Department is responsible for using body fluids and exudates to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The department is divided into units that perform separate but complementary tests.
General Services:
- Stool microscopy
- Urine microscopy
- Semen analysis
Chemical Pathology Unit:
- General tests:
- Urine analysis
- Occult blood
- Helicobacter pylori test
- Pregnancy test (blood / urine)
- Cerebrospinal fluid chemistry
- Ascitic fluid chemistry
- Fasting blood sugar
- Two-hour post-prandial test
- Oral glucose tolerance test
- Serum calcium
- Serum uric acid
- Serum inorganic phosphate
- Serum amylase
- Electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonates)
- Function tests:
- Liver function test
- Renal function test
- Thyroid function test (soon to commence)
- Cancer markers:
- Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
- Alpha feto protein (AFP)
- Carbohydrate antigen 125 (Ca125)
- Carbohydrate antigen 199 (Ca 199)
- Hormone tests:
- Prolactin (PRL)
- Luteinising hormone (LH)
- Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
- Oestrogen (oestradiol, E2)
- Progesterone (PRG)
- Testosterone (TES2)
Parasitology Unit:
- Malaria parasite (MP)
- Hepatitis B (HBsAg)
- Hepatitis C (HCV)
- VDRL
- Skin Snip
- Skin scrapping
- Mantoux
Haematology Unit:
- Full blood count
- Total white blood count
- Differential count
- Blood film
- Platelet count
- Packed cell volume (PCV)
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- Genotype
- Blood group
- Comb's test (direct and indirect)
- CD4 count
- Blood transfusion services
- Clotting time
Microbiology Unit:
Analysis of various body fluids for microscopic examination, culture, and sensitivity testing:
- Blood
- CSF (Cerebrospinal Fluid)
- Urine
- Stool
- Sputum
- HVS (High Vaginal Swab)
- ECS (Endocervical Swab)
- Urethral swab
- Throat swab
- Wound swab
- Ear swab
- Eye swab
- Catheter tip
- Catheter urine
- Ascitic fluid
- Pleural fluid
- Pus
- Abscess
- Semen
Molecular Laboratory Unit:
Development and performance of diagnostic tests targeting nucleic acids (DNA/RNA):
- HIV viral load
- Early infant diagnoses
- Hepatitis B viral load
- Hepatitis C viral load
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
- Lassa fever confirmatory tests
- Human Papilloma virus test