Our Test Guide:  http://testguide.adhb.govt.nz/EGuide/

Information about laboratory tests done by LabPLUS can be found in the LabPLUS Test Guide.  Click on the link above and search the Test Guide for the test of interest.

Our website:  www.labplus.co.nz

Community Anatomic Pathology Service (APS)
All community referred Histology, Cytology and Cervical Cytology (ThinPrep®)

Phone:  302 0516  or  0800 256 356
Fax:  302 0517
Frozen Section & FNA Bookings:    639 0212
Customer Services:    638 0177  or  638 0176
Email:

Getting tests done

Only registered medical practitioners, midwives, nurses and certain other kinds of health professionals are entitled to order laboratory tests.  Patients must have a signed test request form.  For most tests, patients can have their blood taken at a community laboratory collection room (Labtests).  Certain specialised tests may require a visit to one of the LabPlus collection rooms.

LabPlus collection rooms

Blood Collection rooms are located:

• Level 6 at Auckland City Hospital - normal hours: 7.30 am - 4.30 pm Monday to Friday
• at Greenlane Clinical Centre - normal hours: 7.30 am - 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. 
• Level 3 at Starship Children's Hospital - normal hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.

Pathologist approval of certain laboratory tests

LabPLUS policy on pathologist approval of laboratory tests can be found in the LabPLUS Test Guide - Test Vetting Policy

Facts and Fallacies

Health information available on the internet is not always correct.  Accurate information on the following topics can be found in the LabPlus Test Guide:

• Hair analysis for toxic metals
• Iodine deficiency and urine iodide - fact sheet 
• Mercury test: fact sheet 
• Selenium fact sheet
• Vitamin D, Insulin, DHEAS, Homocysteine, and Lipoprotein(a)
• Zinc testing: fact sheet