Blood and pathology tests at Alpha Laboratory

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• CBC (Complete Blood Count)A CBC test counts and measures the three kinds of cells in your blood from one small sample: red cells, white cells and platelets.No fastingSame day
• Haemoglobin (Hb)Haemoglobin is the iron-containing protein inside red blood cells that picks up oxygen in the lungs and drops it off in the tissues.No fastingSame day
• ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate)The ESR test measures how fast red blood cells settle to the bottom of a tall, thin tube in one hour.No fastingSame day
• Platelet CountPlatelets are tiny cell fragments that rush to a cut and clump together to stop bleeding.No fastingSame day
• Peripheral Blood SmearA peripheral smear test is the one blood test where a person, not a machine, does the main work.No fastingSame day
• Blood Group & Rh TypingA blood group test tells you two things: your ABO group (A, B, AB or O) and whether you are Rh positive or Rh negative.No fastingSame day
• Reticulocyte CountReticulocytes are young red blood cells, just released from the bone marrow and still carrying a faint net of RNA.No fastingSame day
• PT / INR (Prothrombin Time)Prothrombin time (PT) is the number of seconds your blood plasma takes to form a clot once a reagent is added in the lab.No fastingSame day
• APTTAPTT stands for activated partial thromboplastin time.No fastingSame day
• D-DimerWhen a blood clot forms and then starts to break down, it releases small protein pieces called D-dimers.No fastingSame day
• Bleeding Time & Clotting TimeBT and CT are two old, simple bedside tests that are still written on many pre-operation slips in Punjab.No fastingSame visit
• G6PDG6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) is an enzyme that protects red blood cells from damage by oxidation.No fastingSame day or next day
• Hb Electrophoresis (Thalassaemia Screening)Haemoglobin comes in several normal forms, and some families carry inherited variants or reduced production of one of its chains.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Sickling TestSickle haemoglobin (HbS) is an inherited variant that makes red cells bend into a stiff crescent, or sickle, shape when oxygen is low.No fastingSame day or next day
• Coombs Test (Direct & Indirect)The Coombs test looks for antibodies that target red blood cells.No fastingSame day or next day
• Anaemia ProfileKnowing you're anaemic is only half the answer.FastingSame day or next day
• Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS)The fasting blood sugar test measures the glucose in your blood after you've gone 8 to 10 hours without food.FastingSame day
• Post-Prandial Blood Sugar (PPBS)A PPBS test checks your blood glucose exactly two hours after you start a meal.No fastingSame day
• Random Blood Sugar (RBS)A random blood sugar test measures glucose at whatever time you walk in, with no fasting and no meal timing.No fastingSame day
• HbA1c (Glycated Haemoglobin)The HbA1c test shows your average blood sugar over roughly the past two to three months.No fastingSame day
• Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)A GTT test checks how your body copes with a measured dose of sugar.FastingSame day
• Insulin (Fasting)A fasting insulin test measures how much insulin is circulating in your blood after an overnight fast.FastingSame day or next day
• C-PeptideA C-peptide test tells a doctor how much insulin your own pancreas is still making.FastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Diabetes ProfileA diabetes profile test groups the checks a doctor usually wants at a diabetes review into one visit.FastingSame day
• LFT (Liver Function Test)An LFT test is a panel of blood measurements read together to see how the liver is coping.No fastingSame day
• SGPT (ALT)SGPT, now usually called ALT (alanine aminotransferase), is an enzyme that sits almost entirely inside liver cells.No fastingSame day
• SGOT (AST)The SGOT test measures aspartate aminotransferase, or AST, an enzyme found in the liver but also in heart muscle, skeletal muscle, the kidneys and…No fastingSame day
• Bilirubin (Total, Direct, Indirect)Bilirubin is the yellow-orange pigment that gives jaundice its colour.No fastingSame day
• Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)An alkaline phosphatase test measures ALP, an enzyme made mostly by the bile ducts of the liver and by bone-building cells.FastingSame day
• GGT (Gamma GT)Gamma-glutamyl transferase, shortened to GGT or gamma GT, is an enzyme on the surface of cells in the liver and bile ducts.No fastingSame day
• Albumin & Total ProteinThe albumin test measures the main protein in your blood.No fastingSame day
• AmmoniaThe ammonia test measures a waste product that a healthy liver clears almost as fast as the body makes it.No fastingSame day
• AmylaseAmylase is the enzyme that starts breaking down starch, from roti, rice and potatoes, into sugars.No fastingSame day
• LipaseLipase is the pancreas's fat-digesting enzyme.No fastingSame day
• KFT / RFT (Kidney Function Test)A KFT test is a group of blood measurements that shows how well your kidneys are filtering waste and balancing salts.No fastingSame day
• Serum Creatinine & eGFRA serum creatinine test is the single most used blood marker of kidney filtering.No fastingSame day
• Blood Urea & BUNA urea test measures urea, the main waste product left after your body breaks down protein.No fastingSame day
• Uric AcidA uric acid test measures how much uric acid is in your blood.No fastingSame day
• Electrolytes (Sodium, Potassium, Chloride)An electrolytes test measures sodium, potassium and chloride in your blood.No fastingSame day
• CalciumA calcium test measures the total calcium in your blood.No fastingSame day
• PhosphorusA phosphorus test measures the inorganic phosphate in your blood.FastingSame day
• MagnesiumA magnesium test measures the magnesium in your blood serum.No fastingSame day or next day
• Lipid ProfileA lipid profile test measures the fats carried in your blood: total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and LDL.FastingSame day
• Lipoprotein (a)The lipoprotein a test, written Lp(a) on most slips, measures a cholesterol-carrying particle whose level is set mostly by your genes.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Apolipoprotein A1 & BAn apolipoprotein test counts the proteins that cholesterol rides on, rather than the cholesterol itself.FastingUsually 1–3 working days
• hs-CRP (High-Sensitivity CRP)The hs-CRP test measures very small amounts of C-reactive protein, a protein the liver makes when there's inflammation in the body.No fastingSame day or next day
• HomocysteineA homocysteine test measures an amino acid that builds up in the blood when the body is short of vitamin B12, folate or vitamin B6.FastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Troponin IChest pain, pressure, sweating or breathlessness right now?No fastingSame day
• CK-MBThe CK-MB test measures the form of creatine kinase found mostly in heart muscle.No fastingSame day
• CPK (Creatine Kinase)A CPK test, also called total CK, measures creatine kinase, an enzyme that leaks into the blood when muscle is strained or damaged.No fastingSame day
• LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)An LDH test measures lactate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found in almost every tissue: heart, liver, muscle, red blood cells, lungs and more.No fastingSame day
• NT-proBNPThe NT pro BNP test (written NT-proBNP on reports) measures a hormone fragment released by the heart when its walls are stretched by extra…No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Cardiac Risk ProfileA cardiac profile test, in the way we use the term, is a group of blood tests that estimates your future risk of heart disease.FastingSame day for routine parts
• Thyroid Profile (T3, T4, TSH)The thyroid profile is the thyroid test doctors in India order most often.No fastingSame day
• TSHTSH stands for thyroid stimulating hormone.No fastingSame day
• Free T3 & Free T4Nearly all the thyroid hormone in blood is stuck to carrier proteins and can't enter cells.No fastingSame day
• Anti-TPO AntibodiesThyroid peroxidase (TPO) is an enzyme the thyroid needs to make its hormones.No fastingSame day or next day
• Vitamin D (25-OH)A vitamin D test measures 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the form your liver makes from the vitamin D you get from sunlight, food and supplements.No fastingSame day or next day
• Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) keeps nerves healthy and helps the bone marrow make normal red cells.FastingSame day or next day
• Iron Studies (Iron, TIBC, Transferrin Saturation)An iron test on its own says little, because the iron level in blood swings through the day.FastingSame day or next day
• FerritinFerritin is the protein that stores iron inside your cells, and a small amount leaks into the blood in proportion to those stores.No fastingSame day or next day
• Folic Acid (Folate)Folate, called folic acid when it comes as a tablet, is a B vitamin the body needs to copy DNA and build new red cells.FastingSame day or next day
• ZincZinc is a trace mineral involved in wound healing, immunity, taste, skin and growth.FastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Beta hCG (Pregnancy Blood Test)A home kit shows two lines or one.No fastingSame day or next day
• ProlactinProlactin is touchy.No fastingSame day or next day
• AMH (Anti-Müllerian Hormone)An AMH test gives an estimate of how many eggs are left in the ovaries, often called the ovarian reserve.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• FSHFor women, the FSH test is a day-of-the-cycle test.No fastingSame day or next day
• LHLuteinising hormone is the signal that tells a mature follicle to release its egg.No fastingSame day or next day
• Estradiol (E2)Estradiol, also written oestradiol or E2, is the main form of oestrogen in women of reproductive age.No fastingSame day or next day
• ProgesteroneMost doctors call it the "day 21" test, but that name only fits a 28-day cycle.No fastingSame day or next day
• TestosteroneTestosterone is highest in the early morning and can drop noticeably by the afternoon, especially in younger men.No fastingSame day or next day
• CortisolYour body's cortisol follows a clock.No fastingSame day or next day
• PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)A PTH test almost never stands alone.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• DHEA-SThe DHEAS test (written DHEA-S on most slips) answers one specific question: are the adrenal glands making more male-type hormones than they should?No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• PCOD / PCOS ProfileThere's no single PCOD test.FastingSame day or next day
• Double Marker TestThe double marker test is a first-trimester screening blood test.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Triple Marker TestThe triple marker test is a second-trimester screening test, done on the mother's blood at about 15 to 20 weeks of pregnancy.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• TORCH PanelTORCH is short for a group of infections that can pass from a mother to her baby during pregnancy: Toxoplasma, Other infections, Rubella,…No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Fever ProfileWhen a fever has gone on for two or three days and nobody's sure why, a fever profile test checks for the usual causes in one visit.No fastingSame day
• Dengue (NS1 Antigen, IgG & IgM)The right dengue test depends on how many days you've had fever.No fastingSame day
• Typhoid (Widal & Typhidot)Typhoid is caused by Salmonella Typhi, a bacterium picked up from contaminated water or food.No fastingSame day
• Malaria (Antigen & Smear)Fever with chills and shivering that comes and goes is the classic reason to get a malaria test.No fastingSame day
• ChikungunyaThe word chikungunya comes from a phrase meaning "to become bent up", and anyone who's had it knows why.No fastingSame day or next day
• Scrub TyphusScrub typhus is a bacterial fever that's easy to miss because it looks like so many others.No fastingSame day or next day
• CRP (C-Reactive Protein)C-reactive protein is made by the liver whenever there's inflammation somewhere in the body.No fastingSame day
• ProcalcitoninA procalcitonin test helps a doctor answer one specific question: is this likely to be a bacterial infection, and how serious?No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Blood Culture & SensitivityMost fever tests look for antibodies or markers.No fastingUsually 48–72 hours
• HIV 1 & 2Getting an HIV test is a private decision, and at Alpha Laboratory, Banur we treat it that way.No fastingSame day
• HBsAg (Hepatitis B)HBsAg stands for hepatitis B surface antigen, a protein on the outer coat of the hepatitis B virus.No fastingSame day
• Anti-HCV (Hepatitis C)Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver, often quietly for many years.No fastingSame day
• VDRL (Syphilis)VDRL is short for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, the US lab where the method was developed.No fastingSame day
• TB Gold (QuantiFERON)The QuantiFERON test, often written as "TB Gold", checks whether your immune system has met the tuberculosis bacterium.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• RA FactorRheumatoid factor (RF, or RA factor) is an antibody, usually of the IgM type, that the immune system makes against its own IgG antibodies.No fastingSame day or next day
• Anti-CCPAnti-CCP stands for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• ANA (Antinuclear Antibody)Antinuclear antibodies are antibodies that attack parts of your own cell nuclei.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• ASO TitreASO stands for antistreptolysin O, an antibody your body makes after an infection with group A streptococcus, the germ behind many sore throats…No fastingSame day or next day
• HLA-B27HLA-B27 is a protein on the surface of white blood cells, inherited from your parents like blood group.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Total IgE (Allergy Screen)Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the antibody behind allergic reactions such as sneezing, hives and wheezing.No fastingSame day or next day
• Arthritis ProfileAn arthritis profile test is a bundle of blood tests run on one visit when a doctor is trying to work out why joints hurt.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen)The PSA test measures prostate-specific antigen, a protein made by the prostate gland in men.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• CA-125The CA-125 test measures a protein found on the surface of cells lining the ovaries, womb, tubes and abdomen.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• CEAA CEA test measures carcinoembryonic antigen, a protein made in the gut of a developing baby that adults carry only in tiny amounts.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• AFP (Alpha-Fetoprotein)The AFP test measures alpha-fetoprotein, a protein made by a baby's liver before birth.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• CA 19-9The CA 19-9 test measures a carbohydrate antigen most often linked with the pancreas and bile ducts.No fastingUsually 1–3 working days
• Urine Routine & MicroscopyA urine routine test, often written as "urine R/M" on a prescription, is one of the quickest ways for a doctor to check on the kidneys, the…No fastingSame day
• Urine Culture & SensitivityA urine culture test grows whatever bacteria are in your urine, names them, and then checks which antibiotics work against them.No fastingUsually 48–72 hours
• Stool Routine & MicroscopyNobody enjoys collecting it, but a stool test answers questions no blood test can.No fastingSame day
• Semen AnalysisWhen a couple has been trying for a baby without success, a semen analysis is usually one of the first tests a doctor asks for.No fastingSame day

Tests by category

• Haematology and blood count tests: CBC, haemoglobin, ESR, platelets, blood group, PT/INR
• Diabetes and blood sugar tests: FBS, PPBS, random sugar, HbA1c, GTT, insulin
• Liver and pancreas tests: LFT, SGOT, SGPT, bilirubin, amylase, lipase
• Kidney function and electrolyte tests: KFT, creatinine, urea, uric acid, sodium, potassium
• Heart and cholesterol tests: lipid profile, troponin, CK-MB, hs-CRP
• Thyroid tests: T3, T4, TSH, thyroid antibodies
• Vitamin and mineral tests: vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron studies, ferritin, calcium
• Hormone and fertility tests: FSH, LH, prolactin, testosterone, beta-hCG, AMH
• Fever and infection tests: dengue, typhoid, malaria, CRP, HIV, hepatitis B and C
• Arthritis and autoimmune tests: RA factor, anti-CCP, ANA, HLA-B27
• Tumour marker tests: PSA, CA-125, CEA and others
• Urine and stool tests: urine routine, urine culture, stool routine

Most requested tests

Across a normal week, the requests we see most are CBC, thyroid profile, HbA1c and fasting sugar, lipid profile, LFT, KFT and vitamin D. In the monsoon months, dengue, malaria and typhoid tests climb quickly. If you need several of these together, a health checkup package often makes more sense than booking them one by one.

Do I need a doctor's prescription?

For most routine lab tests, no. You can ask for a CBC or a sugar test without a slip. We still recommend seeing a doctor, because a result means far more when someone reads it alongside your symptoms and history. A few tests, such as HIV, come with counselling and are reported only to the patient.

Preparing for your test

Fasting is needed for only a handful of tests, mainly fasting sugar, lipid profile, fasting insulin and some iron tests. Overnight means 8 to 12 hours with only plain water; tea counts as breaking the fast. Some hormones are best tested in the morning. Our guide on how to prepare for a blood test goes through each case.

Reports and turnaround

Routine tests are usually reported the same day if the sample reaches us by about 11 am. Hormones and vitamins are ready the same day or the next. Specialised tests may be processed at a partner reference laboratory and usually take 1 to 3 working days; we tell you the expected date when you book. Reports come printed and as a PDF on WhatsApp.

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