ASCITIC FLUID ROUTINE, MICROSCOPY, STAINS

Peritoneal fluid analysis is a lab test. It is done to look at fluid that has built up in the space in the abdomen around the internal organs. This area is called the peritoneal space. The condition is called ascites. The test is also known as paracentesis or abdominal tap

Available via

Lab Visit

Contains

19 parameters

Earliest reports in

Same Day

Test details
Preparations

No special preparations needed

Test included
ASCITIC FLUID ROUTINE, MICROSCOPY, STAINS includes 19 parameters

  • Specimen Source
  • Acid Fast Bacilli Smear
  • Nikshay Id

  • Specimen Source
  • Gram Stain
  • Remark

  • Letter

  • Volume
  • Appearance
  • Colour
  • Clot Formation
  • Proteins
  • Total Count
  • Neutrophils
  • Lymphocytes
  • Eosinophils
  • Monocytes + Macrophages + Mesothelial Cells
  • Abnormal Cells
  • Red Cell Count

Test code

5194S

Specimen vol. and vacutainer information
SpecimenVacutainerVolume
Ascitic FluidPlain Sterile Vaccutainer .5 ML
AspiratePlain Sterile Vaccutainer 10
CsfPlain Sterile Vaccutainer 12 ML
FluidPlain Sterile Vaccutainer 10
Others (fx)Others1
PusPlain Sterile Vaccutainer 2
SputumPlain Sterile Vaccutainer 12 ML
TissueOthers3 NOS
UrineBlue Plastic Urine collecter10

Specimen rejection criteria

Test run frequency

'

Turn around time

Same Day

Performing locations

Department

  • Haemotology
  • Micro Biology
  • Bio Chemistry

CPT and Loinc codes

ASCITIC FLUID ROUTINE, MICROSCOPY, STAINS

900