Laboratories Services at New Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, have been established with a view to provide wide range of Laboratory investigations, necessary for patient care. It consists of disciplines of Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology & Serology, Endocrinology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Infectious diseases, Histopathology, Cytopathology and Immuno-Histochemistry. All these disciplines provide qualitative and quantitative analysis of biological fluids such as blood, serum or plasma, tissue, urine, stool, CSF etc., for specific constituents to support Clinicians in the practice of medicine. The greatest emphasis has been given to ensure accuracy, precision, reproducibility and speedy reporting. The laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art equipments. To operate these sophisticated gadgets the laboratories have a team of efficient, motivated, knowledgeable and qualified Doctors and technical staff who are constantly involved in producing World class results and upholding quality assurance. All the blood samples of Laboratory investigations are collected using vacutainer system of collection, which avoid contamination, thus any gross error. The laboratories at New Apollo Hospital provide round the clock services i.e. 24 hrs a day, 365 days in a year to its clients. The consultants are also available on Sundays/Holidays.
Biochemistry Lab
The Biochemistry department of Apollo Hospital is a third generation laboratory, backed by highly qualified and motivated team of Doctors and Technical staff. It is well equipped with the latest state of art technology, to perform not only the routine biochemical test for patients care but also a wide variety of super specialized investigations, such as Tumor markers, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Screening tests for Fetal anomalies, Cardiac markers including Homocysteine, Electrophoresis, Osmolality, Iron deficiency panel and many more. To name a few sophisticated equipments, we have Olympus AU400, a fully automated random access auto analyzer capable of doing Spectro photometric and Immunoturbidimetric analysis with ISE, Immulite 1000, an auto analyzer with the latest Chemiluminescence’s technology for the high end chemistries and hormones, AVL Compact 3 – arterial Blood gas analyzer, AVL 9180 electrolyte analyzer, Osmometer, Helena Electrophoresis analyzer with Densitometer and UV-VIS Spectrophotometer. All the analytes are being done within a very short period of time requiring minimum sample volume. FDA approves the reagent kits used for various analyses.
Special emphasis is being given on Quality by maintaining uncompromising stringent quality control protocols i.e. Internal Quality control as well as External Quality control Assurance Service provided by Biorad Laboratories USA. The Quality Control standards are maintained as per WHO recommendations.
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