Sample: Blood
Results: 24 hours
A premarital health screening bringing together blood counts, blood grouping, haemoglobin variants, infection screening and G6PD.
• Complete blood count (CBC)
• Blood group (ABO and Rh typing)
• Haemoglobin variant testing, including beta thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia
• HIV 1 & 2 p24 screening
• Hepatitis B screening
• Hepatitis C screening
• Syphilis screening
• G6PD quantitative assay
It covers a CBC, ABO and Rh blood grouping, haemoglobin variant testing, HIV 1 and 2 p24, hepatitis B and C, syphilis screening, and quantitative G6PD.
A blood sample is required.
Yes. The listed test includes assessment for beta thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia.
The listed turnaround is 24 hours.
The individual methods are not specified; the clinic can confirm the assay used for each marker.
