Some tests need preparation, others do not. Only your laboratory and your doctor know what applies to your tests. This guide helps you not to forget anything.
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Ask at the desk or by phone: do you need to fast, for how many hours, and at what time should you come. For some tests the time of day matters, for others it does not.
Plain water is usually allowed and makes the blood draw easier, unless the laboratory or your doctor told you otherwise. If you need to fast, also ask about coffee and tea.
Do not stop or postpone any medicine without asking the doctor who prescribed it. Tell the laboratory which medicines you take.
Your ID card or passport, and the doctor's referral or prescription if you have one.
At the desk, if the laboratory uses Rezulto. Your result then reaches your phone as soon as it is ready, and you do not need to come back for the paper.
Follow the advice of the laboratory staff. When your result is ready, you get a message and open it with the code sent to your phone.
How Rezulto works for patients: the notification, the code, sharing with your doctor.