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List of Printable Instruction Sheets

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Category	Details
Blood	Provincial Gestational Diabetes Screen Glucose Tolerance Lactose Tolerance Test Phlebotomy Aftercare for Mobile Labs Transfusion Service Identification Number Wristband Test Collection Locations for Southern Alberta Clinic Patients Calgary Zone Home Hemodialysis - Self Collection Edmonton Zone Blood Type Verification All Zones - Patient Service Centre Lactose Tolerance Test
Miscellaneous	Provincial Fasting Tests Pinworm Collection Urea Breath Test Calgary Zone Appointments for Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic - Calgary Zone Booking Home Parenteral Therapy Program - HPTP - Appointments - Calgary Zone Special Arrangement for Neonatal Bilirubin Collection Instructions for Parents Central Zone Patient Instruction Sheet Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy Patient Instruction Sheet for Sweat Collection - for Sweat Osmolality Testing North Zone Instructions for Patients with Standing Orders South Zone Instructions for Patients with Recurring Orders Edmonton, Central, North - Patient Service Centre Pinworm
Semen	Calgary Zone Testing Semen for Post-Vasectomy Testing Semen for Full Semen Analysis Central, Edmonton, North, South Zones Semen Analysis Requisition
Sputum or Saliva	Provincial Saliva Cortisol Calgary Zone Sputum Cytology – Calgary and South Zone Sputum Sample Collection – Microbiology Central Zone Sputum Collection - Microbiology Sputum Collection - Cytology Sent to Red Deer Edmonton Zone Sputum Sample Edmonton, Central, North Sputum for Culture Sputum for Cytology Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab) Sputum Sample South Zone Sputum Collection - Culture Sputum Cytology - Calgary & South Zone
Stool	Provincial Fecal Immunochemical Test – FIT Stool Reducing Substances Timed Fecal Fat Stool for Calprotectin Calgary Zone Fecal Occult Blood Guiacic Stool Collection Stool Specimen for Bacterial Enteric Pathogen Testing, Rotavirus, Clostridium difficile Toxin, Parasite Screen and/or Ova & Parasites mi6000 Stool Specimen for Helicobacter pylori Antigen Test Central Zone Fecal Reducing Substances and Fecal Sugar Identification Feces Collection for Culture and Ova and Parasites Edmonton Zone Ova and Parasite Sample Stool Culture and Sensitivity Sample North Zone Fecal Reducing Substances and Fecal Sugar Identification Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab) Stool Specimen South Zone Fecal Reducing Substances and Fecal Sugar Identification Stool Collection – O&P Stool Collection - Culture, Clostridium Difficile Edmonton, Central, North - Patient Service Centre Stool for Ova and Parasites Stool for Bacterial Pathogens Stool for Fecal Fat Stool for H. Pylori Fecal Reducing Substances and Fecal Sugar Identification
Urine	Provincial Midstream Urine - MSU Midstream Urine Collection Instructions Poster Calgary Zone 24 Hour Urine Specimen Collection 24 Hour Urine Specimen for Creatinine Clearance Collection Timed Urine Specimen Collection Urine Specimen for 5-HIAA Collection Urine Sample Collection for Homovanillic and Vanillylmandelic Acid HVA and VMA Urine Sample Collection (Infants) Urine Sample Collection Instructions for Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae/Trichomonas vaginalis for Females Urine Sample Collection Instructions for Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae/Trichomonas vaginalis for Males Urine Sample Collection Vaginalis Testing and Midstream urine (combined) Urine Cytology Central Zone 24 Hour Urine Collection Urine Collection for Urinalysis and/or Culture - Pediatric Urine Cytology Edmonton Zone 24 Hour Urine Sample Female Urine Bag Application Male Urine Bag Application UCHL and UGC Nucleic Acid Amplification and Random Midstream Urine Collection North Zone 24 Hour Urine Collection Patient Instructions South Zone Timed Urine Collection – South Zone 24 Hour Urine Collection – Creatinine Clearance, Urea Clearance Urine - Pediatric Collection Urine Cytology – South Zone Edmonton, Central, North - Patient Service Centre Urine 12 Hour Collection — General Instructions Urine 24 Hour Collection — General instructions Urine 24 Hour Collection for Catecholamines, Metanephrines or VMA Urine 24 Hour Collection for 5-HIAA Urine 24 Hour Collection for Oxalate Urine 24 Hour Collection for Trace Elements Creatinine Clearance — 24 Hour Urine and Blood Specimens Urine Pediatric Collection — Female Child Urine Pediatric Collection — Male Child Urine Both First Catch and Midstream Collections at the Same Time — Female Urine Both First Catch and Random Collections at the Same Time — Female Urine First Catch Collection — Female Urine Random Collection for Toxicology Tests — Female Urine Both First Catch and Midstream Collections at the Same Time — Male Urine Both First Catch and Random Collections at the Same Time — Male Urine First Catch Collection — Male Urine Random Collection for Toxicology Tests — Male Timed Collection for Orthostatic Proteinuria

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