Our primary aim on having an on-site self-sufficient hormonal laboratory is to provide the highest level of diagnostic services to our patients. This enables us to process samples immediately on-site and thereby avoiding spurious results due to degradation during transport or storage. It also enable us to provide accurate results without delay - and in most cases while patients wait. Doctors are dependent on a high precision lab for an accurate diagnosis. It becomes even more important for Endocrinologists because of the nature of the complicated hormonal conditions they treat. The accuracy of results depend on prompt sample collection, followed by standard procedures for clotting, separation followed by analysis.The equipments we use in our laboratory are gold standard equipments manufactured by market leaders in the world in their respective fields. In most cases, we will be able to issue results during office hours in 60 – 90 minutes of collecting the sample which includes 95 % of hormonal tests including thyroid function tests.

We at Arka follow the good laboratory practice guidance which is a standard followed by high quality laboratories all around the world. Our diagnostic processes are designed, implemented and reported to assure the public that the results are correct and the results can be reproduced any time in the near future.

General factors that we take utmost care in our laboratory are:

• Proper collection of blood samples, handling and immediate analysis of samples whenever possible, reducing degradation of samples leading to physiological variations.
• Proper storage of samples (as appropriate for the nature of the test being performed), reagents and quality control substances
• Ensure tests are run as per guidance issued by the equipment manufacturers.
• Regular care, cleaning and calibration of equipment.
• Providing separate clean sample collection chambers to ensure safety for both the patient and staff.
• Accurate documentation, preparation of reports and confidential storage of data using our own customized software.
• Verification of results by the laboratory in-charge before results are issued to the patients.

All our staff take extreme care about patients who choose to work with us and we address their needs and expectations by offering high quality test results at a competetive price and offer exellent patient centered service. Every member of our staff takes pride in their work and we set new standards in the industry. We also take pride in solving your genuine doubts or queries.We have multiple methods available for testing and our high presicion equipments include Roche - COBAS e411, Medica - Easy Ra and BioRad - D10. Being able to choose the best method for you for any given test helps us ensure the greatest accuracy in your blood results. Our lab certainly enables us to get your investigation results in time and helps our doctors to make management decisions in time.