Microbiology at Life | Nova+ provides routine microbiology, including both aerobic and anaerobic bacterial cultures.

Life | Nova+ has access to high-end dedicated analysers, all manned by highly trained and qualified professionals. Hormone assays, cancer markers, infectious markers, markers of autoimmune disorders and maternal screening tests are being performed in these sections.

The biochemistry section is equipped with fully automated, state of the art integrated analysers, which avoids the incidence of preanalytical errors and the advanced and superior technology being used helps provide accurate results with short turn-around-time.

Testing in this section is performed by highly trained and qualified personnel to ensure best quality reporting of urine, stool, semen and other body fluid samples.

The cytopathology section is staffed with experienced technologists for faster and better processing of specimens and a qualified cytopathologist to ensure best quality reporting. Life | Nova+ provides testing of cervical smear and offers fine needle aspiration services.

The Molecular Biology section operates in a P3+ environment using latest qPCR techniques and equipped with state-of-the-art technology allowing a wide range of molecular biology tests to detect different microorganisms including bacteria and viruses. Nova+ is one of the two private approved COVID19 RT-PCR testing facilities in Mauritius. Soon, Nova+  will provide a Syndromic Panel-Based qPCR Testing in Clinical Microbiology for the rapid detection of pathogens to help clinicians in diagnosing STDs, enteric, respiratory and urinary infections

Depending on the test or tests ordered, you may be told not to eat food for 8–12 hours before coming to the laboratory, or you may be told to only eat certain foods. For other tests, you may be told to drink more or less than what you would normally drink 8–12 hours before the test. You may be asked not to smoke before the tests. If your doctor tells you laboratory tests are ordered, ask for special instructions or talk with a member of the laboratory team.

A vein on the inside of your arm may be the source. First, the skin over the vein is cleaned with alcohol or an antiseptic. Next, a tourniquet is wrapped around the upper arm to enlarge the veins in the lower arm by restricting blood flow through them. A small needle is gently inserted into a vein and the tourniquet is removed. Blood flows from the vein through the needle, and is collected in a syringe or blood tube. After the needle is taken out, the puncture site is covered for a short time to stop any bleeding. You will be told how to collect urine samples, stool, sputum, semen or other specimens that can be collected at home.

A normal range of lab values is established by summarizing a large number of test results from a healthy population of patients.  When your own test result values fall outside of these predictive ranges, you and your physician should discuss what implications the abnormal value has for your own present health condition.  Your physician may choose to consult with our pathologist at NovaLAB, who is an expert in interpretation of lab values and identification of disease in biological specimens.

Our main lab is located in Socota Phoenicia, Solferino. Our collection centres are located in Forbach, Grand-Bay and Curepipe. Our domicile services are also available around the island.

You can book an appointment before your arrival for the COVID-19 test at the laboratory. Kindly bring along your identity card (NID/Passport) which is mandatory for testing.