Hematology and Coagulation
Hematology is the study of blood in health and disease. This includes the study of problems with the red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, blood vessels, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen and the proteins involved in bleeding and clotting (hemostasis and thrombosis).
Main tests
- Blood group + Rhesus
- Coombs – Direct
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- FBC
- Foetal HB Quantitation
- GB Genotype – Qualitative
- HB Electrophoresis (Quantitative)
- Reticulocytes
- Widal