Bestcare lab’s patient preparation technique

When more than one blood specimen is required, patient especially the kids, when take a look at the syringe needles tend to go dread. In order to avoid that best care lab attendees initially tend to calm down the patient by helping them to prepare for the test mentally and physically.  Apart from this, special preparations are done .

One of the most significant features in shaping the accurateness and reliability of your lab test is you, THE PATIENT. After all, it is a test from your body (it may be blood, urine, or some other specimen), on which the test will be carried out. As a result, it is indispensable that you do the following to make sure that the results will be functional and interpreted correctly by your doctor:

• Lipid profile
• Blood glucose
• Glucose tolerant test
• Prenatal glucose tolerance test

To start off with the lipid profile, the patient should fast for approximately 12 hours prior to blood collection. Except water no other liquid items should be consumed.

Secondly, the blood glucose that is to be categorized into:?

• Fasting blood sugar
• 2-hour postprandial blood sugar (post lunch)
• Random blood sugar

For FBS nothing should be had other than water for at least 8 hours before the blood is taken.  In case of diabetes patient the doctor will suggest and may ask you to wait until you have had your blood collected sooner than taking your morning dose of insulin or diabetes medicine. Likewise it differs from other tests as well.

NOTE: there are several tests that require no special preparation but for those that do, be sure to stick on to the instructions provided.

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Specimen processing structure and its insights

In general it starts with a set of samples and a request form. Characteristically, a set of vacutainer tubes having blood, or any other sampling, will turn up to the laboratory in a small plastic bag, all along with the form. Given a laboratory number to the forms and specimens, the specimens, in general will receive the same number often as a marker or label that can be positioned on tubes and form.

In general nurses and doctors have their patients tested at least once a day with general complete blood counts and chemistry profiles. These guidelines are then haggard during a first light run by phlebotomists for results to be accessible in the patient’s charts for attending the physicians to discuss with, during their morning rounds.

All specimens, labeled in the presence of the patient; in order to sort out the counts Label requirements include:

• Full name
• Unique identifier
• Date of birth acceptable, including the year
• Time of collection
• Initials of collector
• Cultures including sight and source

Results for in-house testing will be provided in 24 hours or less except for Microbiology.

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Kamran Faisal death is a murder and not a suicide

Punjab forensic specialist confirmed that the NAB official kamran faisal death was a murder and not a suicide. This case took a new look after the PFSA strengthened the serious doubts about the suicide claims as opposed to his murder , but the pathologist and the PFSA concluded that the death was a murder and it is termed as a homicide.

 

The PFSA report concluded the histopathology examination and conclusion report:

1. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from middle of right upper arm, anterolateral side: Vascular congestion & focal hemorrhages, ante mortem in nature seen.

2. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from lower part (just above wrist) of right forearm poster lateral side: Vascular congestion & focal hemorrhages, ante mortem in nature seen.

3. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from right wrist, anterior side: Vascular congestion seen with extravasations of erythrocytes.

4. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from right wrist posterior side: Vascular congestion seen.

5. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from forehead: Vascular congestion seen.

6. Skin & subcutaneous tissue from ligature mark on left side of neck: Vascular congestion & focal hemorrhages, ante mortem in nature seen.

Famed pathologist Professor Dr. Anwaar-ul-Haq, Head of the Pathology Department of PIMS, Islamabad and currently he is working in Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College as Head of Pathology Department told the news that it was a murder, not .He also said that the PFSA didn’t agree with the conclusion of post mortem report which was conducted by the five-member medical board, For that reason the PFSA wants to do re-examination in faisal body. He also said that faisal was tortured before he was hanged and some kind of trauma occurred before his death. The ligature mark was too violent in his neck. The rope shows it was not hanged by one person and partial DNA of some unknown source was found on the rope. Dr. Waseem Khawaja is a post mortem expert and former medico legal officer (MLO) of the PIMS, he is confirming this death as murder. “The PFSA report has also confirmed that it was a murder.” Dr.Khawaja said.

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