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Test Name
Collection Requirements
Electrolytes (E) –Urine 24 hour
24HR URINE (NIL PRESERVATIVE)
Note starting and finishing times on urine container.
Electrolytes (E) –Urine Random
YELLOW TOP CONTAINER–MORNING URINE
Note time of collection on jar.
Electrolytes, Urea & Creatinine (EUC)
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Endocervical Swab M/C/S
BACTERIAL SWAB (BLUE)
Label swab with site of collection.
Endomysial IgA Antibody
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Endoscope Culture
STERILE SCREW-CAPPED SPECIMEN
CONTAINER–ENDOSCOPE WASHINGS
No Medicare rebate available.
Enterovirus–Faeces
FAECES
Enterovirus Antibody
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Enterovirus PCR–Swab
2x PCR SWAB (NOSE & THROAT)
Eosinophil Cationic Protein (ECP)
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Medicare criteria:
Monitoring the response to therapy in
corticosteroid treated asthma, in a child aged
less than 12 years.
Epstein Barr Virus Early Antigen (EBVEA)
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Epstein Barr Virus IgG/IgM Antibody
(EBV)
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Epstein Barr Virus Viral Capsid Antigen
IgA (EBVA)
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
Clinical notes must indicate ‘investigation of
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma’ for test to be
performed.
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
4mL EDTA TUBE
Erythropoietin
PLAIN TUBE OR GEL TUBE
No Medicare rebate available.
Ethosuximide
PLAIN TUBE
Collect just before next dose. Note dosage, time of
dose and collection time on referral.