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    This document provides information about scheduling and undergoing a sweat chloride test. It explains that the test must be scheduled in advance by calling the Florida Hospital Laboratories Client Services Department. On the day of the test, patients should park in the King Street garage and go to Outpatient Registration on the third floor of the Medical Plaza. The test involves stimulating sweat production on the arm or thigh and then collecting and measuring the sweat to determine chloride levels over a 30 minute period.

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    This document provides information about scheduling and undergoing a sweat chloride test. It explains that the test must be scheduled in advance by calling the Florida Hospital Laboratories Client Services Department. On the day of the test, patients should park in the King Street garage and go to Outpatient Registration on the third floor of the Medical Plaza. The test involves stimulating sweat production on the arm or thigh and then collecting and measuring the sweat to determine chloride levels over a 30 minute period.

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    This document provides information about scheduling and undergoing a sweat chloride test. It explains that the test must be scheduled in advance by calling the Florida Hospital Laboratories Client Services Department. On the day of the test, patients should park in the King Street garage and go to Outpatient Registration on the third floor of the Medical Plaza. The test involves stimulating sweat production on the arm or thigh and then collecting and measuring the sweat to determine chloride levels over a 30 minute period.

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    This document provides information about scheduling and undergoing a sweat chloride test. It explains that the test must be scheduled in advance by calling the Florida Hospital Laboratories Client Services Department. On the day of the test, patients should park in the King Street garage and go to Outpatient Registration on the third floor of the Medical Plaza. The test involves stimulating sweat production on the arm or thigh and then collecting and measuring the sweat to determine chloride levels over a 30 minute period.

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    Scheduling My Test The Sweat Chloride Test

    Due to the time and medical expertise required


    for the testing procedure, all sweat chloride
    tests MUST be scheduled in advance.
    Contact the Florida Hospital Laboratories Client
    Services Department by calling (407) 303-8561
    and ask to schedule
    a sweat chloride test. You will be transferred
    to the Florida Hospital Orlando Chemistry
    Department to schedule your test. Sweat
    chloride testing is performed Tuesday through
    Friday between 8:00 and 9:00 am at Florida
    KING ST.
    Hospital Orlando.
    MEDICAL PLAZA
    Where do I go? WTR PK ST. FLORIDA
    HOSPITAL
     On the day of your appointment, park in the
    
    King Street garage.

    ORANGE AVE.
     Go to the third floor of the Medical Plaza.
     ROLLINS ST.

    BEDFORD
    Go to Outpatient Registration (Room 370),

    where you will be registered based on the PRINCETON AVE.


    laboratory requirements of your insurance plan.
     Instructions will be provided on how to get to
    
    the main hospital second floor laboratory.

    Florida Hospital Medical Plaza


    2501 North Orange Ave, Suite 370
    Orlando, FL 32804

    (407) 303-8561 | (407) 303-8570 FAX


    FLHospLab.com
    LAB-14-19845
    The Sweat Chloride Test WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE
    WHY SHOULD I HAVE THIS TEST? THE TEST?
     Do not apply creams or lotions to the skin 24
    The sweat chloride test has been the “gold
    hours before the test.
    standard” for diagnosing cystic fibrosis
    (CF) for more than 50 years. When testing  Make sure you are well hydrated. Drink plenty
    is performed by trained technicians and of liquids.
    evaluated in an experienced, reliable
     Maintain a regular diet and continue any
    laboratory, the sweat chloride test is still the
    regular medications.
    best way to diagnose CF.
     Wear heavy clothing and bring a blanket to
    CF is an inherited disease that can affect the
    WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT DURING THE TEST? stay warm while the sweat is being produced.
    lungs and pancreas. The sweat of a patient
    with CF produces high amounts of chloride, The test is usually performed on the arm or, if the  Do not come for a sweat test if you have
    which is measured by the laboratory and patient is a small infant, on the upper thigh. symptoms of illness, such as fever or flu.
    reported to the physician. During the first part of the test, a chemical called  Contact your physician directly for test results.
    The sweat chloride test can be performed on pilocarpine is placed on a gauze pad and placed
    people of any age. However, some children on the test area. An electrode is placed over the
    may not make enough sweat to complete the gauze, and a small amount of electrical current
    test. If a child does not produce enough sweat is applied to the area. There is usually a small
    the first time, the test should be repeated. amount of tingling or a feeling of warmth. This
    part of the test lasts for five minutes.
    The second part of the test comprises cleaning
    the area and collecting the sweat on a clean
    piece of gauze. The gauze is covered with
    plastic and wrapped in a bandage to help induce
    sweating. This part of the test takes 30 minutes.
    During this the time, the patient is kept very
    warm in order to collect the most sweat.
    After 30 minutes, the gauze is removed, and
    the volume of sweat is measured. If there is a
    sufficient amount of sweat on the gauze pad, the
    patient may leave.
    The skin in the area of the placement of the
    electrodes may stay red for several hours and For more information regarding sweat
    continue to sweat. In rare cases, a small blister-like chloride testing and to see a video of how
    spot may appear. This is usually due to an allergic the test is performed, visit CFF.org.
    reaction to the pilocarpine chemical used in the test.

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