Laboratory and imaging · Blida and 12 centres
One tube, followed from the needle to the validated result.
At Isoline, every sample leaves a trace: the box where it was drawn, the cold box that carried it, the analyser that measured it and the biologist who validated it. You know how to prepare, where your tubes are and when your result arrives, without calling to ask.
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At the collection centre
Drawn in Boufarik at 07:41, labelled, set in the rack.
Requests today814
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In the cold box
The courier's cold box keeps the tube between 2 and 8 °C, its temperature logged on the road.
Tubes on the road now1 308
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On the road to the laboratory
Six rounds link the centres of five wilayas to the central laboratory in Blida.
Nurses on the road10
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Received, logged, centrifuged
The tube is scanned onto the track, moves one position at a time and goes through the centrifuge.
Tests in progress2 553
- 05
In the analyser
Measured under quality control: if a control fails, release is locked.
Median time today1 h 40
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Validated by the biologist
A value, its unit, the printed range and the flag, never a colour alone.
The network right now, 09:51
- Tubes on the road now1 308
- Median time today1 h 40From the draw to the validated result
- Requests today814
- People in the remote queues4Across the 12 centres
- Nurses on the road1090 home visits today
Figures read just now from the laboratory's system. They name no patient.
Tests
Search for a test the way you say it: its name, its abbreviation or everyday words, in French, Arabic or Darja. Each page says what it measures, how to prepare, the tube, the turnaround and the indicative price.
Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
| Test | Tube | Turnaround | Indicative price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full blood count | EDTA tube (lavender cap) | 3 h | 600 DA |
| Fasting blood glucose | Fluoride tube (grey cap) | 3 h | 300 DA |
| Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | EDTA tube (lavender cap) | 24 h | 1 500 DA |
| Serum creatinine | Serum gel tube (gold cap) | 3 h | 350 DA |
| Total cholesterol | Serum gel tube (gold cap) | 3 h | 350 DA |
| Ferritin | Serum gel tube (gold cap) | 24 h | 1 200 DA |
Check-ups
Check-ups put together by our biologists by age and need. Duplicate tests are merged and tubes shared: fewer tubes for the same check-up.
The pre-marriage panel: two fiancés, two separate requests, each one's results given only to them.
- General check-up10 tests
- Women's check-up after 408 tests
- Men's check-up after 507 tests
- Senior check-up8 tests
Home sampling
A nurse comes to your home at the slot you chose, for one or several people at the same address. You see her first name and badge, and a code to ask her for at the door.
- Visits today
- 90
- Nurses on the road
- 10
At the door, the nurse tells you the code shown in your space: you know it is her.
Results
Your results are made available once a biologist has validated them, shown as on the printed report: the value, its unit, the reference range for your age and sex, and a flag with an icon and a word.
- Sensitive results are given in a consultation, never in a message.
- A critical value: the laboratory calls your doctor or you, first.
- A relative sees your results only if you named them.
ExampleFasting blood glucose
Your doctor will interpret this result with your history.
Imaging
MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography and X-ray at the imaging centre in Blida, next to the laboratory. Every exam has its preparation, its duration and the time to arrive.
A pacemaker, an implant, a pregnancy or a contrast allergy: a radiologist looks at your file before the exam.
Centres
12 of 12 centres open right now, Saturday to Thursday, and one Friday morning in rotation. Take a remote ticket and come when it is nearly your turn.
Fasting draws until 10:30. During Ramadan, shorter hours and evening draws after iftar at five centres.
| Centre | Today | In the queue |
|---|---|---|
| Isoline Blida centre, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 1 |
| Isoline Ouled Yaïch, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Boufarik, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Larbaâ, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Mouzaïa, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Birtouta, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 1 |
| Isoline Draria, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Baba Hassen, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Boumerdès, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Khemis El Khechna, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Koléa, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 0 |
| Isoline Médéa, collection centre | 07:00–16:30 | 2 |
Quality
Every run of measurements goes through quality controls judged by Westgard rules. A failed control locks the release of that test's results on that analyser, until the corrective action and a new control pass.
- Calibrated, monitored analysers, each with its log.
- Reference ranges verified by age, sex and pregnancy.
- Every time the team opens a result, it is recorded.
For doctors and companies
Prescribing doctors receive their patients' results and are called first for a critical value. Clinics send their urgent samples; companies organise their employees' check-ups.
- A call from the biologist within 30 minutes for a critical value, with the value read back.
- Clinics' urgent samples analysed day and night at the central laboratory.
- Company check-ups: individual results to employees only, anonymous figures to the company.