Medical Laboratory Services

Please bring proper identification to your outpatient laboratory appointment.

Island Health laboratories have policies that require us to ask for patient identification at the time of registration. Please note without this identification we are unable to provide laboratory services. 

Patients can bring one of the following to use as acceptable forms of identification:

• Personal health care card
• B.C. services card
• Driver's license
• Passport
• Native status card
• Canadian Forces ID card
• Provincial or territorial identification card

Please also review additional COVID-19 pandemic requirements while at the lab.

Patient Preparation and Collection Instructions

General /Fasting Patient Information

• Patient Preparation Instructions - General Information
• Patient Preparation Instructions  - Fasting Instructions

Urine Patient Collection Instructions

• Patient Collection Instructions for Cytology Urine
• Patient Collection Instructions  for Midstream Urine
• Patient Collection Instructions for Urine Chlamydia
• Patient Collection Instructions for Adult TB (Mycobacteria) Urine
• Patient Collection Instructions for 24 hr Urine

Stool Patient Collection Instructions

• Patient Collection Instructions Stool Samples

Swab Patient Collection Instructions

• Patient Collection Instructions  for eSwab MRSA Nasal Groin
• Patient Collection Instructions  for Routine Microbiology Culture using Single eSwab
• Patient Collection Instructions for Outpatient Genital Culture eSwab

Oral Patient Collection Instructions

• Patient Collection Instructions for Cytology Sputum

Semen Patient Collection Instructions

• Patient Collection Instructions for Post Vasectomy Assessment