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This website is specifically designed for the Australian healthcare consumer. When you need up-to-date and reliable information about laboratory tests and how they are used Lab Tests Online Australasia (LTO^AU) is the place to look.

The information and material on this website should not be used as a substitute for advice from your healthcare provider. Note also that funding of pathology testing in Australia is complex and not all test costs are covered by Medicare.

This site is based on the extremely popular Lab Tests Online^US and Lab Tests Online^UK sites but contains information that has been customised for the Australian scene.

A group of pathologists and senior laboratory scientists have worked to ensure that all the information on this site is accurate and helpful.

For information on how to use the site see features and services for guidance.

The site map also shows the layout of the background information on the site but the TESTS, CONDITIONS/DISEASES and SCREENING databases accessed through the drop-down menus at the top of each page are the heart of the site. Click on the test you are interested in, read the information there and then follow the links to more information relevant to your enquiry.

Reading newspapers may be bad for your health

The Lab Tests Online community has celebrated in Brussels on January 31, 2008, the formal launch of the first versions of Lab Tests Online to Europe. The multilingual platform is now available in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK, Australia and in the United States where it was initially developed. The Health-EU Portal of the European Commission will also include Lab Tests Online.

Patients reported that understanding the purpose of their tests and their relationships to their conditions would increase their satisfaction with the health care system.