A blood pressure test is used to check if your blood pressure is healthy, or if it’s high or low.

Blood pressure is the term used to describe the strength with which your blood pushes on the sides of your arteries as it’s pumped around your body.

Blood pressure machines vary, but they’re all a type of measuring device, which often have an arm cuff attached to it.

The cuff is usually wrapped around your upper arm and filled with air until it feels tight. This can feel uncomfortable, but it only lasts a few seconds.

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, like heart disease.

High blood pressure is a big problem in South Africa. A study, done in 2010, found that hypertension in Sub‐Saharan Africa was the leading risk for death, increasing by 67% since 1990 (Campbell et al., 2015).

Epicentre offers this discount at cost to our organization, as this discount is not sponsored by any study. We simply want to make getting your blood pressure tested easier to help people identify and treat of hypertension.

Get this free test at any of Epicentre’s Walk-In Lab branches.

✔ Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal.

✔ Rondebosch (Cape Town), Western Cape.

✔ Randburg (Johannesburg), Gauteng.

A Walk-In Lab Test, is any test that comes from our boutique lab. These tests are ‘pathology’ lab tests which means that we take a little of your blood, urine, or stools and analyse them. If you’re sick or looking to take control of your health, many of the decisions about your care will be based on the results of your blood and pathology tests.

Unlike other pathology labs in South Africa, we do not require a referral. This means that you are able to just ‘walk-in’ to our boutique lab and get tested, and afterwards you will own your results.

You will be able to pick and choose the tests that you want and get exactly what you need.

But to make it easier for those of us who want a little more guidance on which tests to get, we have put together expert packages which focus in on the important issues we all want information on (Click on the button below to see all our packages).

But please note that these packages are just a guide, you can take any tests off the packages or add anything you would like on. Just speak to our team when you come in for your test, and we will be happy to build a custom package just for you!

We, cannot help you understand what your results mean in detail. But we are able to make a referral to excellent doctors in our communities that can help you utilize the information our results give you to take full control of your health.

Epicentre’s Walk-In Lab is a boutique laboratory experience, which means that at every step of your testing journey, you will be dealing with a real person.

To book a test/package, just WhatsApp us or book online on our shop. You are also welcome to just come in without an appointment when it is convenient for you.

To get a test, you will need to then come down to our Walk-In Lab. And speak to our team to discuss what package will be best for you.

You will then be asked to fill out a lab form.

If you need to have your blood taken, our nurse will very genitally take a small about of blood. Whilst the test will be over quickly, we will do our best to make you feel calm and safe during the entire process.

You will then be sent your results within 48 to 72hrs.

You can walk in to our lab without an appointment whenever we are open. But you are also welcome to make an appointment to shorten your chances of waiting.

Please check on our page if you need to prepare in a special way for any of our packages. We will also let you know if you place a booking for a package that requires preparation.

If you are coming in for a test that requires fasting, please do not eat and only drink water for 8hrs before your test.

We recommend coming in the morning if you are coming in for a package that requires fasting.

If you are getting a package that does not require special prep, you can come any time between 8:30am to 4pm.