PATIENT PREPARATION FOR BLOOD TESTS VARIOUS TEST PREPARATIONS 1) LIPID PROFILE 2) BLOOD GLUCOSE 3) GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (NON-PREGNANT) 4) PRENATAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TESTS 5) URINE TESTS 6) STOOL SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS 7) SEMEN ANALYSIS 8) SPUTUM FOR CULTURE AND ACID FAST MY CO BACTERIUM (AFB) 9) SERUM CORTISOL TEST 10) VITAMIN B 12 AND FOL ATE 11) C-PEPTIDE 12) DIOXIN LEVEL 13) DUAL AND TRIPLE MARKER TESTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN 14) IRON STUDIES