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The Department
of Laboratory Medicine provides important support
in various activities of the Institute. The following
are the main objective of the department:
- To provide round the clock
diagnostic services for inpatient and outpatient
department.
- To Provide facility to those
research projects which need the back-up support
of laboratory investigations.
- To provide teaching and training
to medical graduates, post- graduates and paramedical
health care.
- To develop research programmes
in collaboration with clinical department s and
other institutions.
- To provide round the clock
blood transfusion services.
Personnel
involved :
The department has qualified academics in the posts
of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, and
also Medical technologists, Nurse, Computer Operator,
Receptionist, Lab attendants and MLSS.
Physical
Facilities of the Department :
The Department of Laboratory Medicine of ICMH has
two units. The main unit comprises 2100 sq.ft. area.
It is on the ground flood of the Hospital building
of ICMH at Matuail. The other Unit is at Jalkuri.
This department has six subdivisions, namely, Histo-pathology
and Cyto-pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Clinical
Pathology, Haematology and Blood Transfusion unit.
Activities
of the Department :
Types of Services provided
The department performed 76,877 tests from 30,931
patients from January 98 to December 2000, and 24,500
tests from 8,690 patients from January 2001 to June
2001. The area of investigations are :
Name
of Tests are performed at this department:
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ASO
titer
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Blood
Film
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Blood
Group and Cross matching
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Creatinine
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ESR
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FNAC
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HB%
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HBsAg
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Malarial
Parasite
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Mantoux
test
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Pap
smear
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Semen
Analysis
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Serum
bilirubin
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Serun
Glucose
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SGPT
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Sputum
AFB
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Stool
for R/E
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TC,DC,
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Urea
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Urine
for Pregnancy test
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Urine
for R/E
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VDRL
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Total
Protein
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Serum
Albumin
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CSF
for R/E and C/S
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AFB
Stain
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Widal
test
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Gram's
Stain
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Platelet
count
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Serum
Electrolytes
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Urine
C/S
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R.A
Test
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BT.CT
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RBC
Count
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Serum
Cholesterol
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Urinary
Total Protein
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Coombs
Test
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Ketone
Body
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Histopathology
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Pus
for C/S
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Serum
U. Acid
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Sputum
for Eosinophil
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Reticulocyte
Count
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Serum
Calcium
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U.S.F
Protein
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Wound
Swab (W.S)
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Umblical
Swab (U.S)
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Skin
Scraping (S.S.F)
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Gastric
Lavage (G.L)
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Eye
Swab
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Blood
for C/S
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Stool
for C/S
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OBT
(stool)
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C.R.P
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Tests
for Dengue
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F.C.F.T
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T.P.H.A
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Aldehyde
Test
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Prothrombin
Time
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Throat
swab for c/s
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