Antenatal booking bloods
The standard blood panel offered at an antenatal booking visit.
- Price
- EUR 75.00
- Preparation
- No fasting needed. Bring your antenatal notes if you have them.
- Turnaround
- 120 hours
Lab tests
Book lab tests
Browse self-bookable tests, choose collection at a facility or at home, then pay through Shifa's payment path.
Test catalogue
Cholesterol and blood glucose
Measures cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar.
- Price
- EUR 48.00
- Preparation
- Fast for 8 to 12 hours before the sample.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Full blood count
Checks red cells, white cells and platelets.
- Price
- EUR 45.00
- Preparation
- No fasting needed unless your clinician says otherwise.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Headache screening bloods
A basic panel used when headaches are being investigated.
- Price
- EUR 49.00
- Preparation
- No fasting needed.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Inflammatory markers (CRP and ESR)
Measures markers that rise with infection and inflammation.
- Price
- EUR 42.00
- Preparation
- No fasting needed.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Iron studies
Measures iron stores and binding capacity.
- Price
- EUR 46.00
- Preparation
- Take the sample before any iron supplement that morning.
- Turnaround
- 72 hours
Kidney and liver profile
Checks kidney function, liver enzymes and salts.
- Price
- EUR 52.00
- Preparation
- Fast for 8 hours if your clinician asks you to.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Stool culture
Looks for bacterial causes of ongoing diarrhoea.
- Price
- EUR 44.00
- Preparation
- Collect the sample in the container supplied before starting antibiotics.
- Turnaround
- 120 hours
Throat swab
Looks for bacterial causes of a sore throat.
- Price
- EUR 32.00
- Preparation
- No preparation needed.
- Turnaround
- 72 hours
Thyroid profile
Measures thyroid hormone markers.
- Price
- EUR 55.00
- Preparation
- Tell the clinician if you take thyroid medicine.
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
Urine culture
Looks for bacteria causing a urinary infection.
- Price
- EUR 35.00
- Preparation
- Provide a mid-stream sample in the container supplied.
- Turnaround
- 72 hours
Vitamin D
Measures vitamin D level.
- Price
- EUR 39.00
- Preparation
- No fasting needed.
- Turnaround
- 72 hours