Central Clinical Laboratory
The Central Clinical Laboratory (CCL) is an integral component of SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre (SRM MCH & RC), providing comprehensive diagnostic services to approximately 1,500 patients per day, including Outpatient (OP) and Inpatient (IP) services. Based on its workload and service capacity, the laboratory is categorized as a Very Large Laboratory.
Location
The Central Clinical Laboratory is located on the 1st Floor, E-Block of the hospital, occupying an area of 14520 sq. ft.
Objective
Quality Services
Quality is maintained through stringent Internal Quality Control (IQC) procedures using 3rd party control materials (Biorad, USA) and participation in External Quality Assurance Schemes (EQAS), including Bio-Rad EQAS (USA) , ACBI-CMC EQAS(Vellore), ISHBT-CMC EQAS (Vellore), ISHTM-AIIMS EQAP (New Delhi), IAMM-CMC EQAS (Vellore), RML-QAP (Lucknow), TMH EQAS-Cytopathology (Mumbai), Neu-QAP (Banglore).
Timings
The laboratory provides 24×7 round-the-clock services to ensure uninterrupted support for patient management and emergency care.
Accreditation
The Laboratory is NABL accredited with 275 tests currently covered under the scope of NABL Accreditation.
The NABL Accreditation Certificate Number is NABLM0726TN10220
Laboratory Disciplines
The Central Clinical Laboratory comprises the following specialties:
Imaging services
Other services
Specialized Services
Radiology
Dedicated department performing X-rays, CT scans, MRI, Ultrasound, Doppler ultrasounds, Digital substraction angiography procedures, interventional radiology procedures 24/7
Microbiology
- Diagnostic Service provided in Bacteriology, Parasitology, Serology and Mycology with accuracy and short Turn Around Time (TAT).
- Rapid TB diagnosis by automated nucleic acid detection test (TrueNAT).
- National Accreditation Board of Laboratories (NABL) accredited modernized Molecular Diagnostic Centre (MDC) for Viruses.
- Latest diagnostic tests for fungal and immune diseases.
- Automated system for identification of Blood stream infections and screening of stool for parasites.
Hematology
- Lab primarily handles blood and bone marrow samples
- Some common parameters tested are Complete blood cell counts (CBC)/ Complete hemogram, Peripheral blood smear, ESR, Coagulation parameters including D dimer), Bone marrow Aspiration study, tests for detection of Malaria, Microfilaria etc.
Clinical pathology
- Trained technicians and Pathologists available 24x7 to perform tests, analyse, and report
- Conducts Urine Analysis, Semen Analysis, Cell counts for body fluids, CSF, Urine pregnancy tests (UPT), Stool for Occult blood, etc.
Cytopathology
Cytological analysis of various specimens done including:
- The “Pap test” or Pap smear- early detection of cancer of the uterine cervix.
- Fine Needle Aspiration cytology (FNAC), Pleural fluid, Ascitic fluid cytology.
- Urine cytology, Bronchial wash, Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), Cell block preparation
Histopathology
Intra-Operative Diagnosis - Frozen Section Reporting:
- Histological Analysis and reporting on unfixed, fresh tissue within a very short period of time is also done intra-operatively in certain disease conditions
- The reports aid in further course of the surgery and management of the patient
- Enabled using a special instrument to freeze fresh tissue
Immunohistochemistry (IHC):
- Prognostic and predictive information in Carcinoma Breast (ER, PR, Her-2 neu, Ki-67)
- Diagnosis of poorly differentiated malignancies
- Evaluation of origin (primary site) in metastatic cancers
- Diagnosis aiding in targeted therapeutic approaches (e.g., chemotherapy vs hormone therapy)
- Subtyping of certain malignancies, confirmation of rare or new entities
Endoscopy
- VL Scopy
- OTO Endoscopy
- OTO Microscopy
- Fiberopticnasopharyngoscopy
- Stroboscopy
Pulmonary Function test
- Diagnostic Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy
- Diagnostic Thoracoscopy for Pleural diseases
- Sputum for Mycobacterial diagnosis (AFB smear and Truenat)
- Overnight sleep study and pressure titration study for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea and sleep disordered breathing
- Pulmonary function testing for measuring lung volumes and flow rates
Immunohematology Laboratory
- Equipped with gel card technology which helps resolve complex Immunohematological discrepancies
Infectious disease screening Laboratory
- Fully automated, 4th generation Chemiluminscence Assay (Vitros) detects the virus during window period and increases the safety of blood transfusion for screening HIV 1 & 2, HBsAg, HCV, aHBC in donors
