WD Lab Report

Dengue, malaria and Widal on the bill

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Dengue and malaria are in Infectious disease. Widal is in Serology. They often land on the same bill in fever season, so this note keeps them together and still names the department each one belongs to.

Dengue

The test name is Dengue NS1 antigen plus IgM and IgG. Serum. ELISA or a rapid card. Opening price ₹1,200. Three rows, each opening as Negative. Type the card or the ELISA the way the laboratory reads it. The page does not convert a positive NS1 into a diagnosis.

Malaria

Malaria opens at ₹400 on EDTA blood. One row is the antigen, Pf or Pv, default Negative. The other is the peripheral smear, default “No malaria parasite seen”. If the smear shows a parasite, that sentence has to be replaced. The software will not write the species for you.

Typhoid lines

Widal opens at ₹250 in Serology. The four rows are S. Typhi O, S. Typhi H, S. Paratyphi AH and S. Paratyphi BH. The opening text gives a titre the catalogue treats as usually insignificant. It is text, so it will not flag a higher titre unless the laboratory stores a numeric range instead. There is also a separate rapid typhoid IgM and IgG test, in Infectious disease, at ₹450.

HIV, HBsAg and HCV are a different kind of request. They are on the serology screening note.

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