Public Service

Counties Manukau DHB Laboratory Services

Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB)

Description

Sometimes when you visit your GP, specialist, midwife or other healthcare professional, they will want you to have some tests. These tests may be needed to check that the doctor’s diagnosis of your problem is correct or to check that you don’t have certain serious conditions.

The types of specimens taken include blood samples, urine or faeces samples and skin scrapings or swabs from, for example, your throat or ear.

Laboratory Services are located:

on the ground floor in the north end of the Galbraith block
at the Manukau SuperClinic™ Blood Test Centre (Module 2).

Procedures / Treatments

Blood Tests (Haematology)

Blood contains many different chemicals and particles which may be tested... More
Biochemistry Tests

This group of tests includes: liver, kidney and thyroid function tests; diabetes tests and lipid (fats), electrolyte (potassium, sodium, chloride), hormone and drug level tests... More
Microbiology Tests

Some microorganisms (germs), generally bacteria and yeasts, live in and on the body normally... More
Fertility, Pregnancy and Natal Tests

Pregnancy Tests Beta Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (HCG) Test. This is a hormone that is only present during pregnancy... More
Immunology

Your immune system is part of your body’s defence system and plays an important role in keeping up your body’s resistance to disease-causing organisms... More
Histology

Sometimes it is necessary to take a small sample of tissue for examination under a microscope in order to diagnose an illness... More
Cytology

Examination of tissue samples for cancer cells or cells that may turn into cancer cells is called cytology... More
Mantoux Tests

TB Immunity status. More
Drug Screening

Urine drug screens are a painless test designed to detect a range of drugs in the urine... More