How to properly prepare for tests – tips

For most tests, the patient does not need to fast.

Tests marked in blue on the referral mean that the patient should come for a blood test on an empty stomach.

  • 🚫 Fasting means at least 12 hours after eating a meal, unless your doctor has recommended a post-meal test.
  • 💧 Before the test, you can only drink non-sweet water.

What not to eat:

  • 🚫 Meals, snacks, fruits, vegetables, breath-freshening candies, chewing gum, smoking cigarettes.

What not to drink:

  • 🚫 Flavored water, coffee, cola light/cola zero drinks, energy drinks, juices.

Tests for which you must undergo an empty stomach:

      • ✔️ Glucose, Glucose Tolerance Test
      • ✔️ Iron, ALT, AST, Proteinogram, Albumin, Amylase
      • ✔️ Glucose + WR panel
      • ✔️ Liver function test panel (total protein, bilirubin, AST, ALT)
      • ✔️ Comprehensive panel (blood count, glucose, cholesterol, urinalysis)
      • ✔️ Diabetes panel (glucose, urine analysis)
      • ✔️ Transaminase panel (ALT, AST)

Tests for which you should report to the Collection Point at specific times:

ACTH, ACP, Growth hormone, C-peptide, Homocysteine, Calcitonin, Aldosterone, Osteocalcin, Prolactin test 2 points, Prolactin test 3 points, Glucose tolerance test, Iron tolerance test 3 points

Check hours:

Chełm, 12 Merchant Square
Type of study Download times
ACTH, Calcitonin, Prolactin Test 2 points Mon-Fri 07:00-10:30, Sat. 08:00-09:30
ACP, Growth Hormone, C-peptide, Homocysteine Mon-Fri 07:00-11:00, Sat. 08:00-10:00
Aldosterone Mon-Fri 7:00-9:00, Sat. 8:00-9:00
Osteocalcin Mon-Fri 07:00-11:00, Sat. 08:00-10:00
Prolactin test 3 points, Glucose tolerance test Mon-Fri 07:00-09:30, Sat. 08:00-08:30
Iron loading test 3 points Mon-Fri 07:00-07:05
Chełm, Szymanowskiego 6
Type of study Download times
ACP, ACTH, Calcitonin, Growth Hormone, C-peptide, Homocysteine, Aldosterone, Osteocalcin, Iron Overload Test 3 points We do not charge
Prolactin test 2 points Mon-Fri 07:00-10:00, Sat. 07:30-09:00
Prolactin test 3 points, Glucose tolerance test Mon-Fri 07:00-09:00, Sat. 07:30-08:00
Chełm, Piłsudskiego 11B
Type of study Download times
ACP, ACTH, Calcitonin, Growth Hormone, C-peptide, Homocysteine, Aldosterone, Osteocalcin, Iron Overload Test 3 points We do not charge
Prolactin test 2 points Mon-Fri 07:00-08:30
Prolactin test 3 points, Glucose tolerance test Mon-Fri 07:00-07:30
Krasnystaw, Czysta 3
Type of study Download times
ACTH, Calcitonin, Prolactin Test 2 points Mon-Fri 07:00-11:30, Sat. 07:30-10:00
ACP Mon-Fri 07:00-12:00, Sat. 07:30-09:30
Growth hormone, C-peptide, Homocysteine, Osteocalcin Mon-Fri 07:00-12:00, Sat. 07:30-10:30
Calcitonin Mon-Fri 07:00-11:30, Sat. 07:30-10:00
Aldosterone Mon-Fri 07:00-09:00, Sat. 07:30-09:00
Prolactin test 3 points, Glucose tolerance test Mon-Fri 07:00-10:30, Sat. 07:30-09:00
Iron loading test 3 points Mon-Fri 07:00-07:30

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