BIOINFRA Clinic Introduction
About Diagnostic Examination Medical Service
What is Diagnostic Examination Medical Service?
In the Department of Diagnostic Medicine, appropriate tests are performed on various specimens derived from the human body to help diagnose diseases and determine treatment effects.
There are many different types of tests performed by the Department of Diagnostic Examination Medicine. In addition to analyzing various components in the blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and body fluids are also tested. In addition, to diagnose infectious diseases of the human body, microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi are separated and identified, and cancer cells are separated to identify the characteristics of the cancer cells.
The Blood Bank is responsible for supplying blood to all hospitals where blood transfusion is needed, and various tests, blood donation, component donation, plasma exchange, and therapeutic blood cell collection are also performed in the Blood Bank. Recently, various genetic tests are conducted to combine the latest medical knowledge and technology related to diseases with medical services to enable the best medical care for the patients.
Purpose of Diagnostic Examination Medical Service
- Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Patient's Disease
- Treatment policy decision based on disease severity and progress
- Disease detection or prevention through medical examination or screening
- Prognosis
- Follow up of treatment effect
Main Areas of Diagnostic Examination Medical Service
- Diagnostic
Hematology
- Clinical
Chemistry
- Diagnostic
Immunology
- Clinical
Microbiology
- Transfusion
Medicine
- Diagnostic
Genetics
- Laboratory
Management
- Laboratory
Informatics
- Point-of-
Care Testing
Korean Diagnostic Medical Association
※ This document is published with the permission of the Korean Diagnostic Medical Association.