Three steps, five stages
How it works
Three steps from choosing a panel to reading your results, and the five stages your order moves through.
How it works in three steps.
Step 1
Choose your panel
Start with the baseline or pick a focused panel for the question you have. Each panel page lists its confirmed contents so far.
- Order confirmed. Your order is recorded and the laboratory paperwork for your draw, the requisition, is prepared.
Step 2
Plan your lab visit
Once you have paid, book your blood draw here on the site, at a lab near you or, where available, at home.
- Appointment. You pick a date and time for your blood draw on this site, at a lab or at home.
- Blood draw. Your sample is collected and sent to the laboratory. The booking step shows how to prepare for it.
Step 3
Read your results
Results arrive marker by marker with plain-language notes, and a written analysis is the final stage of the order.
- Results. Results arrive marker by marker, each with the plain-language notes you can already read under What we test.
- Written analysis. A written analysis of your results is the last stage of the order.
After your results
What comes next.
Results, marker by marker
Each marker arrives with the plain-language notes you can already read under What we test: what it is and what tends to move it.
A written analysis
A written analysis of your results is the last stage of the order, after every marker has arrived.
Retest and see the change
A second test shows what moved. GGT, a liver enzyme, is one of the faster-moving markers when drinking changes.
Every marker explained
Every marker, calculated score and report note has its own entry, open to read before you order.
Browse what we test
Questions
About testing and results.
Where the draw happens, how to prepare for it and how your results are explained.
All questions- 1
Where can I have my blood drawn?
At a Quest Diagnostics location near you, or at home where a home visit is available. You choose between the two before you pay, then book the place and the time here on the site.
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How should I prepare for the draw?
Book an early morning visit if you can, before 10 am, for the most accurate results. Pause over-the-counter vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements for 72 hours beforehand unless your clinician has advised otherwise, and keep taking prescription medicines as usual. Arrive fasting: nothing but water for 8 to 12 hours before the draw.
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How are results explained?
Every marker, calculated score and report note Reframe results can show has its own entry: what it is, what tends to move it, what can influence it and general information on what you can do. You can read them all under What we test before you order.
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Is any of this medical advice?
No. The notes on markers and the general information on what can influence them are educational. They do not replace a conversation with a clinician about your own results.
