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Patient Test Instructions

Your healthcare professional should inform you of any specific requirements for your test, for example, if you need to fast prior to the test.

You can find out more about specific tests below:

Blood Test Information:

Butterfly Needle Information

Test Information

  • 24-hour urine collection 5HIAA
  • 24-hour urine collection ACID
  • 24-hour urine collection
  • Allergy testing
  • Anal swab self collect
  • Anal swab collection for ESBL, CPE, FREC and/or VRE screening
  • Blood body fluid exposure
  • Bone marrow examination
  • Chlamydia / Gonorrhoea – swab
  • Chlamydia / Gonorrhoea – urine
  • Diabetes in pregnancy
  • Faeces collection
  • Fasting tests
  • Glucose tolerance testing (GTT)
  • Mid-stream urine
  • MRSA
  • Paediatric urine collection
  • Patient safety information
  • PreP Swabs and Urines
  • Seminal fluid – fertility
  • Seminal fluid – post vasectomy
  • Sputum collection for cytology
  • Sputum culture
  • Therapeutic venesection
  • Throat Swab Self Collect
  • Urine collection for cytology
  • Vaginal rectal swab
  • Vaginal swab

Test information in other languages

Cervical screening HPV self collect instructions – Te Reo

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