Introduction of Laboratory Categorization
Here we are talking about medical laboratory and laboratory categorization depends on tests doing inside it. No doubt, if there is a large number of tests, manpower ( staffs) and infrastructures required according to that.
Types of Laboratory Categorization
Laboratory categorization fully depends on a load of laboratory tests and it is of the following types of groups-
- Group A Medical Laboratory
- Group B Medical Laboratory
- Group C Medical Laboratory
- Group D Medical Laboratory
- Group E Medical Laboratory
Related tests according to Laboratory Categorization
Group E Medical Laboratory may only proceed following tests-
- Hemoglobin (Hb)
- Total Lymphocyte Count
- Differential Count
- ESR
- Blood Group
- Bleeding Time
- Clotting Time
- Blood Sugar
- Urea
- Serum Bilirubin
- Serum Uric Acid
- Serum Total Protein
- Serum Albumin
- Sputum AFB
- Urine Biochemical Test
(sugar, protein, pH) - Urine Routine Microscopy
- Stool Routine
- Stool for Reducing Substance
Urine Pregnancy Test (RDT)
Group D Medical Laboratory may only proceed following tests-
Hematology
- Hemoglobin (Hb)
- Total Lymphocyte Count
- Differential Count
- ESR
- Blood Group
- Bleeding Time
- Clotting Time
- RBC count
- PT
- APTT
- Platelet count
- Red cell indices
- Hematocrit
Biochemistry
- Blood Sugar
- Urea
- Serum Bilirubin
- Serum Uric Acid
- Serum Total Protein
- Serum Albumin
- SGPT, SGOT, ALP
- Lipid profile (TG, Cholesterol, HDL, LDL )
- LDL (if other than calculation)
- Creatinine
- Sodium, potassium
Microbiology
- Sputum AFB
- Gram Stain
- KOH mount
Serology
Miscellaneous
- Urine Biochemical Test
(sugar, protein, pH) - Urine Routine Microscopy
- Urine ketone, urobilinogen, bile salt, bile pigment
- Urine Bence Jones protein
- Stool Routine
- Stool for Reducing Substance
- Stool for Occult blood
- Urine Pregnancy Test (RDT)
- HIV, HBsAg, HCV (RDT)
Group C Medical Laboratory may only proceed following tests-
Hematology
- Hemoglobin (Hb)
- Total Lymphocyte Count
- Differential Count
- ESR
- Blood Group
- Bleeding Time &
- Clotting Time
- RBC count
- PT
- APTT
- Platelet count
- Red cell indices
- Hematocrit
- Absolute count ( eosinophil, neutrophil, etc.)
- Retic count
- Peripheral smear
- Crossmatch
- Bone marrow examination
Biochemistry
- Blood Sugar
- Urea
- Serum Bilirubin
- Serum Uric Acid
- Serum Total Protein
- Serum Albumin
- SGPT, SGOT, ALP
- Lipid profile (TG, Cholesterol, HDL, LDL )
- LDL (if other than calculation)
- Creatinine
- Sodium, potassium
- TFT
- Cardiac enzymes (CK, CKMB)]
- Other enzymes ( provide the name as well)
Microbiology
Serology
- RPR
- Widal]
- ASO
- RA factor
- CRP
- Infectious disease marker by ELISA or another method (except by RDT kit)
Miscellaneous
- Urine Biochemical Test (sugar, protein, pH)
- Urine Routine Microscopy
- Urine ketone, urobilinogen, bile salt, bile pigment
- Urine Bence Jones protein
- Stool Routine
- Stool for Reducing Substance
- Stool for Occult blood
- Urine Pregnancy Test (RDT)
- HIV, HBsAg, HCV (RDT)
- Body fluid analysis
- Semen analysis
Histocytopathology
- Gynae cytology
- Non-gynae cytology
- FNAC
- Histopathology
Group B and A Medical Laboratory may only proceed following tests-
Hematology
- Hemoglobin (Hb)
- Total Lymphocyte Count
- Differential Count
- ESR
- Blood Group
- Bleeding Time
- Clotting Time
- RBC count
- PT
- APTT
- Platelet count
- Red cell indices
- Hematocrit
- Absolute count ( eosinophil, neutrophil, etc.)
- Retic count
- Peripheral smear
- Crossmatch
- Bone marrow examination
Biochemistry
- Blood Sugar
- Urea
- Serum Bilirubin
- Serum Uric Acid
- Serum Total Protein
- Serum Albumin
- SGPT, SGOT, ALP
- Lipid profile (TG, Cholesterol, HDL, LDL )
- LDL (if other than calculation)
- Creatinine
- Sodium, potassium
- TFT
- Cardiac enzymes (CK, CKMB)
- other enzymes ( provide the name as well)
Microbiology
- Sputum AFB
- Gram Stain
- KOH mount
- Culture (bacteriology)
Serology
- RPR
- Widal
- ASO
- RA factor
- CRP
- Infectious disease marker by ELISA or another method (except by RDT kit)
Miscellaneous
- Urine Biochemical Test
(sugar, protein, pH) - Urine Routine Microscopy
- Urine ketone, urobilinogen, bile salt, bile pigment
- Urine Bence Jones protein
- Stool Routine
- Stool for Reducing Substance
- Stool for Occult blood
- Urine Pregnancy Test (RDT)
- HIV, HBsAg, HCV (RDT)
- Body fluid analysis
- Semen analysis
Histo-cytopathology
- Gynae cytology
- Non-gynae cytology
- FNAC
- Histopathology
Other special tests
- Coagulation profile
- Hormones (except TFT)
- Tumor marker
- IHC
- Molecular test
- Other specialized tests/superspecialized tests
Key Notes
- In group A level laboratory, there might be extra tests than group B in superspecialization tests.
- Laboratory categorization has just been taken from a developing country that may vary from country to country.