Hospital Laboratory Services

Laboratory diagnostics is the cornerstone in the patient care & management, so rightly called as the backbone of a Hospital. A prompt and quality laboratory report will help the clinician in the proper patient management.

The KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC Laboratory, which runs 24 hours a day throughout the year.

 

The Laboratory has following areas of service.

	Central Patient Sample Collection Area.
	Hematology and Clinical Pathology.
	Cytopathology and Histopathology.
	Biochemistry.
	Microbiology.

Central Patient Sample Collection Area.

The Central Patient Sample Collection is situated in the ground floor of the out patient wing. All the out patients report to area for submission of blood, urine and fluid samples irrespective of the nature of the test. The place comprises of billing counter, blood collection room and a spacious waiting area. This is the first Hospital in this region, which started using the vacuumised syringes (VACUTAINER) for the blood collection.

Hematology and Clinical Pathology

The Hematology division is equipped with the totally automated blood cell counter with five part differential (Backman Coulter HMX) with automated recticulocyte count. Anemia, Leukemia and Coagulation workup, bone marrow study, urine and body fluid analysis are done with stringent quality control. More than 1.5 lakh tests are done in Hematology per year.

Cytopathology and Histopathology

Cytopathology and Histopathology divisions are equipped with the state of the art equipments for tissue processing and cytological studies. Pap smear, FNACs, CT and Ultrasound guided FNACs of deep-seated organs are routinely done. More than 2000 biopsy and cytology samples are studied per year.

Biochemistry.

Biochemistry division is equipped with state of the art biochemistry analysers. More than 100 different parameters are being analysed and the laboratory is performing more than 18,000 tests per month.

Microbiology.

Clinical Microbiology division is equipped with fluorescent microscope, Electrophoresis, anaerobic culture and QBC for malarial parasite. More than 8000 samples are studied for routine bacterial culture and sensitivity. More than 5000 samples are investigated for HIV, HCV and HbsAg.