Your health care 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:
Test information
- Body fluid exposure
- Cervical screening HPV collection instructions
- Chlamydia / gonorrhoea (swab)
- Chlamydia / gonorrhea (urine)
- COVID-19 saliva test
- Diabetes in pregnancy screen
- Diabetes screening in pregnancy (Timaru)
- Faeces collection
- Faecal occult blood
- Fasting tests
- Fine needle aspiration (FNA)
- Glucose tolerance test (GTT)
- Low vaginal rectal swab
- Low vaginal swab
- Mantoux (Timaru only)
- Mid-stream urine collection
- MRSA swabs
- MRSA swab (Timaru only)
- Paediatric urine collection
- Seminal fluid (fertility) – Christchurch
- Seminal fluid (fertility) – Ashburton
- Seminal fluid for fertility (Timaru)
- Seminal fluid (post vasectomy) – Christchurch
- Seminal fluid (post vasectomy) – Ashburton
- Seminal fluid post vasectomy (Timaru)
- Sputum collection for culture
- Sputum collection for cytology
- Urine collection for cytology
- 24 hour urine collection
- 24 hour urine collection for 5-HIAA
- 24 hour urine collection (acid)
- Anal Swab Self Collect
- PreP Swabs and Urines
- Throat Swab Self Collect