Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy is an advanced diagnostic centre and is NABL and NABH accredited diagnostics centre that provides testing for BT/CT. The basic blood tests, Bleeding Time (BT) and Clotting Time (CT), help determine some functions of the body's blood-formation capabilities. These tests can assist physicians in assessing the tendency for bleeding and checking for possible abnormalities in blood clotting.

About BT/CT

BT/CT involves two tests: Bleeding Time and Clotting Time. Bleeding Time is the period of time required for bleeding to stop after making a small controlled puncture in the skin. It gives information relating to platelet function and the first vascular response following the event of the injury.

Clotting Time is a test that requires blood to clot under certain laboratory conditions. It's able to give a simple evaluation of the blood coagulation process. These tests can be used together to help doctors explore some of the issues with bleeding and to test the clotting function.

What is BT/CT?

There are two phases in the body's response to bleeding that are assessed in BT/CT. Clotting Time is a very simple test to determine how long it takes blood to clot and Bleeding Time tests the beginning of a platelet plug. Bleeding Time uses some form of puncture to test and measures the bleeding time necessary for bleeding to cease. Clotting time involves taking a blood sample and analyzing it in a laboratory under controlled conditions to watch it clot. The doctor makes his/her interpretation based on this result and other medical investigations and history.

Conditions Evaluated

Platelet Function Abnormalities

Bleeding Time provides basic information about platelet function and may help identify abnormalities affecting the initial response to bleeding.

Bleeding Disorders

Abnormal results may indicate the need for further evaluation of conditions associated with excessive or prolonged bleeding.

Blood Clotting Abnormalities

Clotting Time helps assess the time required for blood to form a clot under laboratory conditions. Abnormal findings may require additional coagulation tests.

Coagulation-Related Conditions

The tests may provide preliminary information about bleeding and clot formation, although they cannot independently diagnose specific coagulation disorders.

Preoperative Bleeding Risk Assessment

BT/CT may be requested in selected cases before surgery to provide additional information about bleeding and clotting function. The results are considered alongside medical history and other investigations.

Why Choose Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy?

Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy is an advanced diagnostic centre where the services from Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Pathology are available in a single place. Pathology is geared around specimen collection, sample processing in the lab, thorough examination, and informative reporting of the results. Our staff will try to ensure that the diagnostic services are reliable, high-quality, and patient-focused.

Book Your BT/CT

If you have been recommended to get a BT/CT test, please call Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy to schedule an appointment. Please ensure that you bring the doctor's prescription, past blood test results, and medical notes/reports. Let the laboratory staff know if you are taking any medicines, including those that help the blood clot or others that might interfere with blood clotting. Avoid discontinuing prescribed medication without consulting a doctor.