Diagnostic testing is essential to the basic management of patient care, allowing physicians to detect disease earlier, make diagnoses, prescribe therapies and monitor results. The Amrita Clinical Laboratories and Reference Centre offers public access to a diverse menu of laboratory services. The labs are equipped with state-of-the-art, fully automated chemistry and haematology analysers. Comprehensive testing capabilities include more than 600 clinical diagnostic tests covering various fields of medical specializations. Bidirectional interfacing of analyzers with the Laboratory Information System (LIS) in the lab enables us to reduce errors and improve the turnaround time of reporting. By continuously introducing new and improved tests, technology and services, Amrita clinical laboratory Services has established a reputation as a leading Innovator in the clinical laboratory service.By continuously introducing new and improved tests, technology and services, Amrita clinical laboratory Services has established a reputation as a leading Innovator in the clinical laboratory service.

• Automated Intelligence marked laboratory medicine system at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, has a 70,000 sq ft. laboratory with 8 different departments, making it the largest laboratory system and the biggest track system established in the country
• Asia's largest installation of pneumatic tube system where there will not be any manual intervention in carrying the tissue for the diagnostic process. All these will come via a pneumatic tube system and will reach directly to the lab central area. Hereby addressing the turnaround time for early diagnostics. The samples are put in the track system, where it automatically gets decapped through a robotic arm and then runs into various analyzers through a barcode system. This is analyzed through a biochemical parameter and a report of the tests generated on a system with bidirectional connectivity and once it is approved by the senior lab medicine person it will be reflected on the desktop of all clinical teams. With this, we save many hours and days, thus improving the turnaround time for all these diagnostics.
• An automated system for histopathology and cytology which also makes us unique.
• Lab medicine areas also extend to cytogenetics, virology, toxicology, metabolics and tuberculosis.
• comprehensive lab management system
• We are also moving out to various districts in and around Faridabad and opening a business unit known as amrita labs with a few collection centres in phlebotomist.

Biochemistry & Haematology

The Biochemistry and Haematology laboratory services provide a rapid and comprehensive analysis of the chemistry and cellular components of blood and body fluids. This is achieved by accurate random access chemistry analyzers, specialized immuno-analyzers, automated coagulation analyzers and automated CBC and 5-part differential haematology instruments. These instruments directly interface with Amrita Laboratory Information System. Results after verification by competent staff can be viewed at all terminals located in wards and outpatient departments. Automated work flow is the standard procedure in the laboratory. Automation allows for the standardization of test procedures, eliminates operator variation and increases the speed, accuracy and precision of the analysis.

Pathology

Histopathology and Cytopathology are the science concerned with the study of microscopic changes in diseased tissues, body fluids etc. Here the tests like biopsy, FNAC, immuno-histochemistry etc. are done. Automated tissue processing and a highly skilled staff in the histopathology laboratory ensure excellent quality tissue sections and a rapid turnaround time for reporting biopsy results.

Microbiology 

Microbiology and Serology labs provide services for the diagnosis of infectious diseases of a bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal or tubercular nature. In addition to routine diagnostic methods, automated systems aid in the rapid detection of infectious agents in blood or body fluids. Serological investigations are also performed for a variety of infectious agents including viral agents such as HIV and Hepatitis viruses.

Metabolic Disorders

The Metabolic Disorders Laboratory offers facilities rarely rendered in India. The AIMS Metabolic Disorders Lab provides general neonatal screening and detection of various metabolic disorders. A unique feature of the laboratory is the active interaction with the clinicians, translating into reliable diagnosis and better management.

Human Cytogenetics

Cytogenetics lab at Amrita hospital provides a wide array of tests. In times of precision medicine, we believe in performing tests in collaboration with the clinicians to give individualized patient care in the best way possible for both constitutional genetic disorders and hematologic/solid organ malignancies. We provide state-of-the-art services with rapid turnaround time at competitive prices.

Molecular Diagnostics

Molecular Biology has revolutionized by the concept that most of the human diseases have a genetic basis. Gene manipulation and recombinant DNA technology has rapidly increased the sophistication of molecular investigations. The genetic disorders and the presence of pathogens causing various infectious diseases can be diagnosed using nucleic acid sequence as tools. It is possible to perform HLA typing or compare allele profile for organ/stem cell transplantations, establish the relatedness between individuals or simply detect the presence or absence of a particular gene using sequence based typing methods.  The Molecular Biology lab offers tests under the broad categories like HLA tissue typing for transplantation programs, gene testing, cancer genetics, identification of the specific pathogens, DNA isolation from amniotic fluid and blood samples. These tests are performed by PCR based methodologies such as RT PCR and PCR-RFLP.

Toxicology and Poison Control Centre

The Toxicology and Poison Control Centre offers unique facilities in the area of toxicology to all hospitals, government doctors, private practitioners as well as the lay public of Kerala State. It is for the first time that such a department has been started in a hospital in Kerala. In less than a year, the Centre was officially recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) as an authorized Poison Control Centre. The facilities offered are Toxicological analysis of blood, urine, stomach contents, water samples etc and treatment for all kinds of poisoning. The department utilizes a software package from USA which has information on more than 800000 poisonous substances encountered worldwide. This enables the department to answer any query on poisons or poisoning in a matter of seconds via e-mail or phone or fax.

Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank

Blood banking and Transfusion medicine are an important aspect of AIMS. The Blood Bank meets all the blood product requirements that the high volume of surgeries demand. In addition, they provide blood components to other health care facilities in the area. Stringent procedures are used for screening out infectious diseases in the blood donor population. Computers are used in the AIMS Blood Bank for record keeping, quality control, and blood inventory and test results. Test orders, test reporting and specimen collection are also computerized.

Emergency Contact

• Phone:+91 (484) 2856041
• Fax: +91(484) 2802020

Ambulance Services

• Phone: 0484 - 2856041

• Fax: 0484 - 2856035

  Email: ambulanceservices@aims.amrita.edu