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Clinical chemistry (also known as chemical pathology, clinical biochemistry or medical biochemistry) is the area of chemistry that is generally concerned with analysis of bodily fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. It is an applied form of biochemistry (not to be confused with medicinal chemistry, which involves basic research for drug development).
The discipline originated in the late 19th century with the use of simple chemical reaction tests for various components of blood and urine. In the many decades since, other techniques have been applied as science and technology have advanced, including the use and measurement of enzyme activities, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis, and immunoassay. There are now many blood tests and clinical urine tests with extensive diagnostic capabilities.
Most current laboratories are now highly automated to accommodate the high workload typical of a hospital laboratory. Tests performed are closely monitored and quality controlled.
All biochemical tests come under chemical pathology. These are performed on any kind of body fluid, but mostly on serum or plasma. Serum is the yellow watery part of blood that is left after blood has been allowed to clot and all blood cells have been removed. This is most easily done by centrifugation, which packs the denser blood cells and platelets to the bottom of the centrifuge tube, leaving the liquid serum fraction resting above the packed cells. This initial step before analysis has recently been included in instruments that operate on the “integrated system” principle. Plasma is in essence the same as serum, but is obtained by centrifuging the blood without clotting. Plasma is obtained by centrifugation before clotting occurs. The type of test required dictates what type of sample is used.
A large medical laboratory will accept samples for up to about 700 different kinds of tests. Even the largest of laboratories rarely do all these tests themselves, and some must be referred to other labs.
This large array of tests can be categorised into sub-specialities of:
• General or routine chemistry – commonly ordered blood chemistries (e.g., liver and kidney function tests).
• Special chemistry – elaborate techniques such as electrophoresis, and manual testing methods.
• Clinical endocrinology – the study of hormones, and diagnosis of endocrine disorders.
• Toxicology – the study of drugs of abuse and other chemicals.
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring – measurement of therapeutic medication levels to optimize dosage.
• Urinalysis – chemical analysis of urine for a wide array of diseases, along with other fluids such as CSF and effusions
• Fecal analysis – mostly for detection of gastrointestinal disorders.

Microbiology (from Greek μῑκρος, mīkros, “small”; βίος, bios, “life”; and -λογία, -logia) is the study of microscopic organisms, either unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells).Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, mycology, parasitology, and bacteriology.

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Scientists estimate that laughing 100 times is equivalent to a 10-minute workout on a rowing machine.

At Green Cross laboratory, we focus on bridging the transparency gap. We build a structure of ethical systems, as we understand that getting the right culture means reasserting a simple truth: every sample or test is a real person. We genetically code care, compassion and dignity in our work culture and take immense pride in being recognized for the accuracy and reliability of our results. We recognize how important the results are to you and to your loved ones and so we make it out utmost important duty to give you a correct and reliable final outcome of the tests.

We consider it our pleasure to serve people and take care of their needs, we constantly innovate to find new ways to keep improving our services.

Green Cross Laboratory is more about names than numbers and even more about the feelings related to the names we write on the test results.

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Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life. Over the last 40 years, biochemistry has become so successful at explaining living processes that now almost all areas of the life sciences from botany to medicine are engaged in biochemical research.Today, the main focus of pure biochemistry is in understanding how biological molecules give rise to the processes that occur within living cells, which in turn relates greatly to the study and understanding of whole organisms.

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Scientists estimate that laughing 100 times is equivalent to a 10-minute workout on a rowing machine.

Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos “tissue”, πάθος pathos “suffering”, and -λογία -logia “study of”) refers to the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease. Specifically, in clinical medicine, histopathology refers to the examination of a biopsy or surgical specimen by a pathologist, after the specimen has been processed and histological sections have been placed onto glass slides. In contrast, cytopathology examines free cells or tissue fragments.

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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.

Hematology, also spelled haematology or hæmatology (from the Greek αἷμα, haima “blood” and -λoγία), is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to the blood. Hematology includes the study of etiology.It involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood and its components, such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, and the mechanism of coagulation. The laboratory work that goes into the study of blood is frequently performed by a medical technologist. Hematologists also conduct studies in oncology—the medical treatment of cancer.

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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.