10KM along Entebbe - Kampala Highway, Sseguku
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Clinical sample testing

Laboratory Services

Haematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, hormone testing and other laboratory investigations.

Microscope testing at Doctors Hospital Sseguku
Department services

Services offered

Haematology

  • Complete blood count (CBC)
  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • Blood group and Rhesus factor
  • Haemoglobin electrophoresis
  • Peripheral blood film
  • Reticulocyte count
  • Crossmatch

Clinical chemistry

  • Renal function tests
  • Liver function tests
  • Lipid profile
  • Uric acid
  • Pancreatic enzymes
  • Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • Extended electrolytes

Cardiac tests

  • Troponin
  • CK-MB
  • D-dimer
  • Pro-BNP
  • Creatine kinase (CK)

Thyroid and adrenal tests

  • Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
  • Free T4
  • Free T3
  • Serum cortisol

Tumour markers

  • CA 19-9
  • CA 125
  • CA 15-3
  • Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
  • Total prostate-specific antigen (TPSA)
  • Free prostate-specific antigen (FPSA)
  • Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
  • Beta-hCG

Fertility hormones

  • Prolactin
  • Luteinising hormone (LH)
  • Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
  • Testosterone
  • Progesterone
  • Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH)
  • Estradiol
  • Beta-hCG

Coagulation tests

  • Prothrombin time / international normalised ratio (PT/INR)
  • Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
  • Fibrinogen
  • Thrombin time

Diabetes tests

  • HbA1c
  • Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
  • Random blood sugar (RBS)
  • Fasting blood sugar (FBS)
  • Serum fasting insulin

Anaemia tests

  • Iron
  • Serum ferritin
  • Transferrin
  • Total iron-binding capacity
  • Vitamin B12
  • Serum folate

TORCH screening

  • Toxoplasma IgG and IgM
  • Rubella IgG and IgM
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG and IgM
  • Herpes IgG and IgM
  • Syphilis testing

Inflammatory tests

  • Antinuclear antibody (ANA)
  • Anti-CCP
  • C-reactive protein (CRP)
  • Rheumatoid factor
  • Anti-dsDNA
  • Procalcitonin

Microbiology

  • Malaria antigen (MRDT)
  • Malaria blood slide
  • Stool analysis
  • Typhoid antigen
  • Faecal occult blood
  • H. pylori antigen
  • Typhoid IgG and IgM
  • Gram stain
  • High vaginal swab (HVS) culture and sensitivity
  • Pus swab culture and sensitivity
  • Blood culture and sensitivity
  • Pleural fluid culture and sensitivity
  • Sputum culture and sensitivity
  • Urinalysis
  • Urine culture and sensitivity
  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, culture and sensitivity
  • Stool culture and sensitivity
  • Sputum analysis (Ziehl-Neelsen stain)
  • Sputum GeneXpert
  • Stool GeneXpert

Immunology

  • HIV screening
  • Hepatitis B testing
  • Hepatitis C testing
  • Brucella test
  • Serum hCG
  • Urine hCG
  • Hepatitis B core antibody
  • Hepatitis B envelope testing
  • Hepatitis B immunity testing
  • Hepatitis A antibody
  • Hepatitis B viral load
  • Hepatitis C viral load
  • HIV PCR
  • HIV viral load

Other investigations

  • Vitamin D levels
  • Antistreptolysin O (ASOT) titres
  • Parathyroid hormone
  • Pap smear
  • Histology
  • Serum protein electrophoresis
  • CD4 count