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Diagnostic Laboratory Services

The RCRS Diagnostic Laboratory is a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited state-of-the-art laboratory providing clinical laboratory services to Phase I, Bioavailability/Bioequivalence studies as well as Phase II-IV clinical trials. The laboratory is currently enrolled with CAP and Bio-Rad for external proficiency testing. The laboratory has stringent quality control programs in place and is strictly compliant with all applicable regulations.

Pathology Laboratory Services

The laboratory provides a range of comprehensive services including customized specimen transfer kits, customized test requisition forms, protocol specific collection manual, and bar-coding of samples. The laboratory also has the capability of long term specimen archival with complete identity protection and audit trail at each and every step.

The facilities available and the services offered include:
Bar Coding of each sample
21 parameter, 5- Part differential hematology analyzer
Fully automated discreet, random access, microprocessor controlled integrated
Chemistry System
Clinitek Status Automated urine analyzer (10 parameter strip reader).
Serology by ELISA - fully automated 4 plate ELISA processor
Drug Abuse testing
Direct interfacing of the instrument with LIS with no manual intervention
PCR for variety of investigations including HIV, HBsAg , HCV etc
FISH, Karyotyping, Flow Cytometry

Strengths
All facilities compliant with CAP and NABL standards.
Fully implemented GLP Practices
Stringent internal quality control.
External Proficiency Testing Program from CAP and BIO-RAD.
Total Quality Management System.

Molecular Diagnostics
By virtue of its association with the state-of-the-art Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics testing laboratory of Reliance Life Sciences, RCRS is able to provide a host of services, which include:

DNA Amplification
Infectious Diseases HIV, HCV, HBV (Qualitative, Quantitative, Genotyping)
CMV, Mycoplasma TB, Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Parvovirus B19, JEV
HAV, HGV, TORCH, Typhoid, Dengue
Enteroviruses (Coxsackievirus, ECHO, Poliovirus)
Syphilis, Gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia
HLA Typing
Bcr/abl RT PCR
Genetic Testing
Karyotyping
FISH
Pre-implantation genetic diagnostics
Flow Cytometry
CD4 / CD8 / CD3 absolute, percentage
Oncology Leukemia, Lymphoma markers
Serology
HIV 1 & 2 Ab, HBsAg, HCV Ab, Syphillis Ab
CMV lgG / lgM Ab, HTLV 1 & 2 Ab (LlA)
HIV Western Blot
Cytokine / chemokine levels