STANDARD LIST OF CONSUMABLES PROVIDED

ITEMS
VACUTAINERSMISCELLANEOUS
EDTA Mini Collect Paeds 1ml (Purple Caps)24 hours urine bottles (with acid)
EDTA Tube 4ml (purple cap)24 hours Sterile Urine Container (5Litre)
Fluoride tube 2ml (Grey Cap)COVID-19 (VTM) Collection Kit
K2 EDTA Tube (Royal Blue)GTT 75g Powder (Orange Flavour)
Lithium Heparin 6ml (Green Cap)H1N1 Kit
Needle 21G x 1.5″ Vacutainer (Green Color)Helicobacter Urea Breath Test Kit
Needle 22G x 1.5″ Vacutainer (Black Color)Ice Pack / Thermafreeze
Needle Holder (Yellow)NiCE NIPT kit
Plain Mini Collect Paeds 1ml (Yellow Cap)Panorama NIPT kit
Plain tube 10ml (Red Cap)Specimen Carrier Bag (Normal)
Plain tube with Gel 8.5ml (Yellow Cap)Specimen Carrier Bag (Urgent)
Sodium Citrate 1.8ml (Blue Cap)Sterile Stool container 60ml (Yellow Cap)
Sodium Citrate 2.7ml (Blue Cap)Sterile Transport Swab with Amies Gel
Sterile Urine container 60ml (Yellow Cap)
MICROBIOLOGYCYTOLOGY
Blood Culture Bottle (Aerobic)Cyto Spray 100ml/bottle
Blood Culture Bottle (Anaerobic)Pap Smear Kit
Blood Culture Bottle (Peds Plus)Sure Path Kit
Quantiferon Kit (4 tubes/set)
Sterile Dry Swab Rayon
REQUEST FORMS
Antenatal – Down Syndrome Form
Histo / Cyto Request Form
NKF Lab Request Form
Pre-Printed Request Form

ORDERING SUPPLIES & CONSUMABLES

Doctors and Clients can order Laboratory supplies from Innoquest Pathology. Supplies are usually delivered within one to two business days.

To order consumables, please click here.

Turnaround Times

We understand the importance of timely results which is crucial for cancer patient management.

Result turnaround times for our assays are class-leading, ranging from approximately 4 to 14 working days from specimen receipt in our laboratory.

Estimated turnaround times for some of our assays upon receiving the specimen in our laboratory –

  1. OncoStrands™ Essential Panel – within 5 working days
  2. OncoStrands™ DNA 68 Panel – within 10 working days
  3. OncoStrands™ Extended Panel – within 10 working days
  4. OncoStrands™ Comprehensive Fusion Panel – within 10 working days
  5. OncoStrands™ Comprehensive Panel – within 14 working days

Consistency

LifeStrands participates in a variety of national and international Quality Assurance Programs, not only to satisfy the conditions for fulfilling on-going accreditation and compliance requirements but also to maintain the highest standards and reliability of our test results.

We are currently enrolled in the following Quality Assurance Programs – 

  1. RCPA QAP
  2. CAP PT program, and
  3. EMQN 

Cost

We use currently available Medicare rebateable items for all types of solid tumour testing offered through our laboratory. Given below is the list of Medicare items and tests utilised against each item, for which there is no out of pocket cost for eligible patients –

  1. NSCLC – Medicare # 73437 (DNA variants : EGFR, BRAF, KRAS and MET; fusions: ALK, ROS1, RET, NTRK1/2/3), Essential Combined panel
  2. NSCLC – Medicare # 73438 (EGFR, BRAF, KRAS, MET), Essential DNA panel
  3. NSCLC – Medicare # 73351 (EGFR T790), Essential DNA panel
  4. NSCLC – Medicare # 73439 (ALK, ROS1, RET, NTRK1/2/3), Essential Fusion panel
  5. Colorectal cancer – Medicare # 73338 (KRAS, NRAS), Essential DNA panel
  6. Melanoma – Medicare # 73336 (BRAF), Essential DNA panel
  7. Glioma (Including Glioneuronal Tumour, Glioblastoma) – Medicare # 73429 (IDH1/2, 1p19q co-deletion, others), Neuro-oncology panel
  8. Glioblastoma – Medicare # 73373, MGMT methylation
  9. Secretory ca breast/salivary – Medicare # 73433 (NTRK 1/2/3 fusions), Essential RNA panel
  10. Tumour agnostic <18 yrs (Paediatric) – Medicare # 73433 (NTRK 1/2/3 fusions), Essential RNA panel
  11. Prostate – Medicare # 73303 (BRCA1/2), Extended panel
  12. Ovarian – Medicare # 73301 (BRCA1/2), Extended panel
  13. Ovarian – Medicare # 73307 (HRD, BRCA1/2), Comprehensive + HRD panel
  14. Sarcoma – Medicare # 73376, Comprehensive Fusion panel

Please contact LifeStrands Genomics Australia for tests that attract out-of-pocket fees.

Quality

Our laboratory is full accredited for compliance with NPAAC standards and ISO 15189.

We are the first Australian laboratory to receive full accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and the first Australian laboratory to hold dual NATA and CAP accreditations.