Laboratory Section


Medical laboratories provide important and essential information that enables doctors to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients' conditions.

The hospital’s medical laboratory possesses high-technology equipment enabling it to perform a wide range of laboratory tests to obtain the most accurate results as quickly as possible and with the best quality possible in order to provide the highest level of service and patient care. The laboratory contains several departments offering services around the clock, staffed by specialized doctors, a group of specialists, and technicians with high experience and skills. These departments include the following:

  • Blood Collection Department:

The process of blood sample collection is an important factor in the pre-analysis phase and can affect the validity of results during or after analysis. Samples are collected in outpatient clinics by qualified laboratory technicians, as well as nursing staff collect samples in inpatient departments and the emergency department.
The sample collection process includes the following:
- Collecting samples for routine and urgent tests (STAT)
- Ensuring that the sample is not affected during transport to and from the laboratory.
- Transferring the samples to the reception section of the laboratory.
- Ensuring patient and staff safety during blood collection.
Sample Reception Section
This section receives samples from outpatient clinics, emergencies, intensive care units, and inpatient wards. Samples are sorted, numbered, prepared, and distributed to the remaining sections of the laboratory according to the required tests.

  • Clinical Chemistry and Endocrinology Department

The department performs a large number of routine and rare tests in chemistry, hormones, immunology, virology, metals, and salts in blood samples. This department relies on the latest technologies and analytical equipment that analyze body functions, hormones, immunity, and viruses with the most precise results and as quickly as possible. These instruments include the following:

1- Cobas C 311 device

The Cobas C 311 device is used to perform the following tests:
- Blood sugar and HbA1c testing.
- Kidney function test.
- Liver function test.
- Lipid ratio.
- Diagnostic cardiac tests.
- Blood electrolytes and minerals.
- Osteoporosis.

2- Cobas e411 device
The Cobas e 411 device is used to perform the following tests:
- Thyroid function and general hormone tests.
- Male and female fertility diagnosis.
- Pregnancy diagnostic and monitoring tests.
- Cancer indications and tumor markers such as (PSA).
- Hepatitis B virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing.
- Rare vitamin and mineral screening.

  • Blood Diseases and Thrombosis Department

This department provides a range of important tests for the purpose of diagnosing cases of anemia and other hematological disorders and abnormalities. The tests are performed accurately and with high precision using the Sysmex XN–350 device. This device counts and examines the shape of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a blood smear.
The department also provides measurement of all clotting factors, a large number of coagulation tests, and blood balance and bleeding indicators, which is carried out by the Sysmex CA - 500 device.

  • Department of Microbiology

The Microbiology and Parasitology Department is equipped with the latest equipment and technologies to provide basic diagnostic tests in microbiology, bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology. The Microbiology and Parasitology Department is responsible for sample cultivation for diagnosing infections. Samples of urine, blood, and other bodily fluids are cultured to detect microbes causing body infections. Sensitivity testing to antibiotics is also performed to select the appropriate antibiotic, as well as analyses are conducted on urine and stool.
The following equipment is used in this department:
1- VITEK 2 COMPACT: This device is one of the best devices for identifying all types of pathogenic bacteria accurately and quickly, as well as identifying bacterial classification and testing their sensitivity to antibiotics. The device features high accuracy in results, with the type of microbe identified within 5-8 hours and the appropriate antibiotics identified within 6-10 hours.
2- Bact Alert 3D
This device is used to detect a wide range of microorganisms such as microbes and fungi using blood. This device works efficiently, which helps reduce human error rates due to its reliance on a barcode system, in addition to its ultra-fast speed in showing the initial results of bacteria presence in patient’s blood samples, which helps doctors quickly make diagnostic decisions and develop appropriate treatment plans.

  • Serology Department

In that department, important examinations are performed such as: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Blood Type, Typhoid Fever, Malta Fever, and Malaria tests, and Rheumatism factors (RF). Also, examination of other antibodies like (ASO) is carried out.

  • Blood Transfusion Services Department

The Blood Transfusion Services department provides examinations of the patient's blood, blood group matching, detection of antibody tests and their ratio to ensure the safety and security of blood transfusions for patients.