One Laboratory Complex, Two Hospitals
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore, Laboratory complex has the Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry labs, and an in-house Blood Bank, all of which are equipped to handle all the necessary investigations required for the Cardiac and Neuro specialties. The Department also caters to the requirements of Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital, Whitefield.
The objective of the department is to support the hospital in treating its patients through providing the required laboratory investigations in a timely fashion, while maintaining high standards of accuracy and precision.
✦ All Investigations Free of CostWhat the Laboratory Covers
Biochemistry
Routine and specialised biochemistry on fully automated floor-model analysers, with a chemiluminescence analyser for hormonal profiles.
Microbiology
Automated bacterial culture with identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing, carried out in dedicated biosafety cabinets.
Haematology & Clinical Pathology
Cell counters, cytospin and coagulation analysers for haematology, coagulation and routine clinical pathology work.
Histopathology
Tissue diagnosis with microtome and cryotome, special stains and immunohistochemistry.
Blood Bank
In-house collection, testing, component preparation and storage — supporting cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and the General Hospital.
Blood donation →Outsourced Investigations
Rarely requested tests are sent to accredited laboratories under a tie-up — and, like everything else, are paid for by the hospital.
How the Standard Is Held
High standards of accuracy and precision are maintained through several practices working together: participation in external Quality Assurance programmes, a fully functional Laboratory Information System (LIS) for ordering investigations and releasing results, and the reduction of transcription errors by interfacing analysers directly with the LIS and by bar coding samples.
Because the laboratory serves both the Institute and the General Hospital, samples arrive from cardiac and neuro intensive care, operation theatres, wards and the general outpatient departments through the same workflow — which makes short, predictable turnaround times as important as the result itself.
Quality Assurance in Everyday Work
Blood Donation, Training and Infrastructure
Blood Donation
What happens to the blood you donate, who can donate, and how to reach the Blood Bank.
Blood Donation →BSc Medical Laboratory Technology
A degree programme preparing medical laboratory technologists for settings from primary health centres to tertiary hospitals.
BSc MLT →Laboratory Infrastructure
The analysers, safety cabinets, interfaces and systems behind the diagnostic workload of both hospitals.
Infrastructure →In the Wards and the Laboratory
