LRC Test Information

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Laboratory Test Information Guide

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LRC Hamilton and HRLMP are committed to providing high quality laboratory results for our clients.
As one of the largest integrated laboratory medicine programs in Canada we strive to produce the right results the first time on every sample we receive.

List Tests By Laboratory

Test Laboratory: Molecular Microbiology

Test Name	Alternate_Name
Bacterial Typing (PFGE)	Typing of resistant bacterial strains (Infection Control)	View
Bacterial Typing (RAPD PCR)		View
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile	Clostridium difficile Toxin, C. Difficile, Cdiff, CDI, CDAD	View
Enterovirus PCR		View
Epstein Barr Virus Quantitative PCR	EBV Viral Load, Quantitative EBV PCR	View
Herpes Simplex/Varicella Zoster PCR Altona	HSV/VZV PCR For Blood, CSF and Sterile Fluids, HSV-1 HSV-2, VZV PCR, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) PCR - blood	View
Herpes Virus PCR, Spinal Fluid	HSV PCR, VZV, Herpes, Varicella, CSF PCR, LP PCR, Lumbar Puncture PCR, Spinal Fluid PCR, HSV Detection of PCR, CSF, Enterovirus, Parechovirus	View
JC/BK Virus PCR	JC Virus, JC Virus Qualitative PCR Polyomavirus, PML, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy BK Virus	View
MRSA PCR for Mec A, Nuclease and PVL	MRSA confirmation by PCR (mec A & nuclease)	View
MRSA PCR for PVL	Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Cytotoxin	View
Norovirus PCR	Noro, Norwalk	View
Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJP) - PCR	PJP PCR, PJP, PCP, P. carinii, Pneumocystis pneumonia, Pneumocystis PCR	View
Respiratory Virus PCR, Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL)	Flu, Influenza, FRI, Coronavirus, COVID-19, RSV, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza	View
Viral Enteric PCR	Viral - Stool, Norovirus, Adenovirus, Adenovirus Qualitative PCR, Rotavirus, Gastrointestinal Virus PCR	View
VRE PCR for VanA,B,C	VRE Confirmation and Identification by PCR (VanA,B,etc.)	View

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