FOR LAB USE ONLY
GP Request for Laboratory Services
PLEASE AFFIX SPECIMEN
MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
NUMBER BARCODE LABEL
C. P. L., St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
HERE
Tel.: 4162941 / 4162966 / 4162967
Patient Details (Complete Fully OR Attach an Addressograph Label inside the dotted line below):
Surname
First Name
Male
Date of Birth
/
/
Female
Ethnicity (if relevant)
Patient’s Address:
Doctor’s
Name
Doctor’s
SJH Lab Code
Doctor’s
Signature
Medical Council
Registration Number
Clinical Details
Date Taken:
Practice address or practice stamp here
Practice Telephone Number:
This is mandatory to ensure the
doctor can be contacted during
routine laboratory working
hours 8am to 8pm.
Drug / Antibiotic Therapy
Time Taken:
SPECIMENS (Please Tick): Blood
Urine
Date/Time Received:
Stool
Swab
Other
General Microbiology
Culture & Sensitivity
Fungal Culture
STI Molecular Investigations
[
] Urine
[ ] Nail Clippings
[
] Swab
[ ] Hair
[
[
[
[
[
[ ] Skin Scrapings
[ ] Fluid
Site:__________________
Site: __________________
[ ] Sputum C/S
[ ] Stools Investigation
[ ] Sputum TB
[ ] Stools Ova & Parasites**
[
** performed only when relevant
clinical details are provided.
] MRSA Screen Swab
] CT/NG (Endocervical Swab)
] CT/NG (Vaginal Swab)
] CT/NG (First Void Urine)
] CT/NG (Pharyngeal Swab)
] CT/NG (Rectal Swab)
Viral Molecular Investigations
(Green Top Viral Swab)
(Nasal/Throat/Groin)
[ ] Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
[ ] Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)
Site: _____________
Serology (Order either profiles or individual Investigations as appropriate)
PROFILES
INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS
[ ] STI Screen (Syphilis, HIV, Hep B sAg
[ ] Syphilis
[ ] Measles / Mumps / Rubella Screen IgG
[ ] HIV
[ ] Viral Hepatitis B & C Screen
[ ] Hep B sAg
(Hep B sAg, Hep C Ab)
[ ] Hep B sAb
[ ] Hepatitis B Infection Status
(Hep B sAg, Hep B cAb)
[ ] Current Hepatitis C infection (Hep C core Ag)
(Post-Vaccination)
[ ] Hep B core Ab
[ ] Hep C Ab
[ ] Hep C core Ag
[ ] Measles
[ ] Mumps
[ ] Rubella
[ ] Hep A IgG
[ ] VZV IgG
Specimen requirements and other information are available on www.stjames.ie by clicking on the “Lab Services” Tab.
For further information on ordering hepatitis screens please refer to “Viral Hepatitis Testing for General Practitioners” in the
Policies & Guidelines section under Lab services.
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