Laboratory
Given Mater’s broad range of on-site medical specialties, pathologist and scientific expertise cover all patient demographic groups—adult, maternity, paediatric and neonatal—and a wide range of specialist services and medical disciplines. All services are client-focused and include:
- analytical testing
- results interpretation by medical and scientific experts
- clinical consultation by specialist pathologists
- professional support for education (many of the professional staff carry the honorary title of Professor or Associate Professor)
- support for research and clinical trials with ethics approval.
Committed to excellence in diagnostic and consultative services, Mater pathologists along with their scientific and technical staff are highly skilled with a broad spectrum of unique pathology expertise, so patients can be confident they are receiving exceptional care.
Anatomic Pathology
- histology
- cytology
- autopsy
Chemical Pathology
- routine biochemistry
- hormone testing
- metabolic markers
- tumour markers
- neonatal testing
- special protein investigations
- therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic advisory service
- gene sequencing
Cytogenetics
- constitutional abnormalities
- bone marrow
- prenatal testing
- molecular testing including FISH and SNP microarray
Genomics
- Molecular Karyotyping: Micro-array based mapping of DNA copy number and homozygosity blocks. Test request is through Cytogenetics.
Haematology
- routine haematology
- oncology
- coagulation
- bone marrow pathology
- molecular genetics
Immunology
- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency diseases (chronic granulomatis disease etc)
- Diagnosis of autoimmunity diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus etc)
- Diagnosis of hypersensitivity diseases (allergies etc)
Microbiology
- Bacteriology
- microscopy
- culture
- identification of organisms and antibiotic susceptibility testing
- detection of bacterial antigens
- Parasitology
- preparation and examination of wet preparations and stains
- identification of parasites
- detection of parasitic antigens
- Mycology
- microscopy
- culture
- identification of fungi and antifungal susceptibility testing
- Detection and characterisation of microbial DNA/RNA
- detection of bacterial DNA/RNA
- detection of viral DNA/RNA
- Tests on clinical non-human specimens
- environmental investigations – spore strips, air strips
- nosocomial infections – MRSA, VRE, Acinetobacter, VISA, ESBLs
Serology
- Detection of antibodies in blood/body fluids in infection and immune disorders
- Detection of antigens in blood/body fluids in infection and immune disorders
Molecular Genetics
Transfusion Medicine Microbiology and Serology Immunology