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Clinical Laboratory Medicine Handbook QMS-EXTD-160
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Eighty Eighth Edition v88 - 2024.09.24
Clinical Chemistry updates
Contact Page
updated
Aluminium
updated
General updates
Feeback and Complaints Page
updated
GP Order Form
updated
Eighty Seventh Edition v87 - 2024.08.20
General updates
How to find us page
updated
Normal Laboratory Hours Page
updated
Blood Specimens Page
updated
Tests not AKAS accredited
updated
Eighty Sixth Edition v86 - 2024.08.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
AMH
added
General updates
Urine Collection Help
added
Phlebotomy Page
updated
Blood Specimens Page
updated
Eighty Fifth Edition v85 - 2024.07.03
Clinical Chemistry updates
Thiamine
updated
Haematology updates
Sickle SCAN
updated
Microbiology updates
Contacts Page
updated
Eighty Fourth Edition v84 - 2024.06.06
Clinical Chemistry updates
Insulin
updated
Eighty Third Edition v83 - 2024.05.30
Haematology updates
Full Blood Count
updated
Eighty Second Edition v82 - 2024.05.14
Clinical Chemistry updates
CTX
updated
Haematology updates
Haemoglobinopathy and Thalassaemia Screening
updated
Anti-Xa
updated
General updates
Opening Hours
updated
GP Info
updated
Eighty First Edition v81 - 2024.02.27
Clinical Chemistry updates
ACTH
updated
Cholesterol
updated
CTX
updated
DHEAS
updated
TGs
updated
IGF-1
updated
B2 Microglobulin
updated
Haematology updates
Front Page
updated
General updates
Trial Co-ordinators
updated
Phlebotomy Info
updated
Eightieth Edition v80 - 2023.11.30
Clinical Chemistry updates
Lead
updated
eGFR calculator removed
Manganese
updated
ACE
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Histopathololgy Page
updated
Immunology updates
Intrinsic Factor Antibodies
updated
Blood Specimens
updated
Front Page
updated
Seventy Ninth Edition v79 - 2023.11.14
Clinical Chemistry updates
MDRD removed
eGFR
updated
Seventy Eighth Edition v78 - 2023.10.05
General updates
LCL Quality Statement
added
IV Fluid Policy removed
Seventy Seventh Edition v77 - 2023.08.09
Clinical Chemistry updates
P3NP
updated
NSE
updated
General updates
HODS User Survey
added
Seventy Sixth Edition v76 - 2023.07.11
Clinical Chemistry updates
Erythropoietin
updated
Microbiology updates
Voriconazole
added
Blood Transfusion updates
Special Requirements
updated
General updates
MDS Policy
updated
Seventy Fifth Edition v75 - 2023.05.16
Clinical Chemistry updates
Infliximab Page
updated
Blood Chromium
updated
Blood Cobalt
updated
Vitamin A
updated
Vitamin E
updated
FIT
updated
Haematology updates
Front Page
updated
Microbiology updates
Brucellosis
updated
General updates
GP Order Form
updated
Seventy Forth Edition v74 - 2023.04.11
Clinical Chemistry updates
DFT Info
updated
Copper Urine
updated
Lead
updated
Haematology updates
Reference Ranges
updated
Blood Transfusion updates
Blood Storage
updated
Transfusion Team
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Histopathololgy Page
updated
Consent Policy
updated
Immunocytochemistry
updated
Molecular Pathology
updated
Microbiology updates
Chlamydia Trachomatis
updated
Gonorrhoea
updated
Trichomoniasis
updated
Semen Page
updated
Seventy Third Edition v73 - 2023.02.28
Cellular Pathology updates
Histopathololgy Page
updated
Non Gynae Cytology Page
updated
Immunocytochemistry
updated
Molecular Pathology
updated
Microbiology updates
Urine Page
updated
Seventy Second Edition v72 - 2023.01.10
Clinical Chemistry updates
Vitamin D
updated
Serum Creatinine
updated
Serum ALP
updated
Haematology updates
Clotting Screen
updated
Collagen Binding Antigen
updated
Factor VIIIC
updated
Free Protein S Antigen
updated
Heparine Induced Thrombocytopenia Ab
updated
Pro Coagulant Factor Assay
updated
Protein C Activity Amiodolytic
updated
Ristocetin Co Factor Activity
updated
von Willebrand Antigen
updated
von Willebrand Factor Assay
updated
Seventy First Edition v71 - 2022.11.30
Clinical Chemistry updates
Selenium more info
updated
Copper more info
updated
Zinc more info
updated
Cortisol
updated
General updates
LCL Tests and Services not UKAS accredited
updated
Seventieth Edition v70 - 2022.11.15
Clinical Chemistry updates
Assayfinder Website references removed from all SAS tests
General updates
Medical Laboratory Accreditation
updated
How to find us
updated
IT and Transformation Page
updated
Email removed for contact us if lab items found in your area
POCT links to SOPs removed
Sixty-Ninth edition v69 - 2022.10.18
General updates
GP Information
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
xanthochromia
updated
Front Page
updated
Contacts Page
updated
B12 & Folate
updated
H&I updates
Front Page
updated
Microbiology updates
Front Page
updated
Faeces for Clostridium Difficile Toxin Assay
updated
Faeces for Urines
updated
TDM Table
updated
Sixty-Eighth edition v68 - 2022.09.20
Clinical Chemistry updates
125 Vitamin D
updated
Fluid Aluminium Removed
Iron Studies
updated
Placental Growth Factor
added
Rheumatoid Factor
added
Soluble FMS Like Tyrosine Kinase-1
added
H&I updates
Front Page
updated
Address Details
updated
Immunology updates
Front Page
updated
Sixty-Seventh edition v67 - 2022.07.20
Clinical Chemistry updates
Alkaline Phosphatase
updated
Covid 19 Antibodies
updated
Iron Studies
updated
Ferritin
updated
Creatinine Serum
updated
General updates
GP Information
updated
POCT
updated
Order of Draw
updated
Sixty-Sixth edition v66 - 2022.04.27
Clinical Chemistry updates
Front Page
updated
Faecal Calprotectin
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Non Gynae Cytology Page
updated
Histopathololgy Page
updated
Sixty-Fifth edition v65 - 2022.02.02
Clinical Chemistry updates
Insulin
updated
General updates
Research and Clinical Trials
updated
Sixty-Forth edition v64 - 2022.02.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
DHEAS
updated
Sixty-Third edition v63 - 2022.01.25
General updates
LCL Tests and Services not UKAS accredited
updated
Sixty-Second edition v62 - 2021.12.14
Clinical Chemistry updates
Vitamin D
updated
Sixty-First edition v61 - 2021.12.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
Ciclosporin
updated
FK506/Tacrolimus
updated
Sirolimus
updated
TDM Information
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Immunocytochemistry Page
updated
Molecular Pathology Page
updated
Opthalmic Pathology Page
updated
Histopathololgy Page
updated
Home page
updated
General updates
Home Page
updated
Medical Laboratory Accreditation
updated
Sixtieth edition v60 - 2021.10.19
Clinical Chemistry updates
Sodium
updated
Phosphate
updated
Potassium
updated
Magnesium
updated
Calcium (Adjusted)
updated
ACE
updated
Microbiology updates
MRSA
updated
General updates
Data Protection, User Feedback and Complaints
updated
Fifty-ninth edition v59 - 2021.07.05
Blood Transfusion updates
Antenatal Services
updated
Anti-A and Anti-B Titres
updated
Cold agglutinin titres
updated
DAT Direct Antiglobulin
updated
Free Fetal DNA Screening
updated
Group & Save/Cross Match
updated
Platelet Antibodies
updated
Red Cell Genotyping
updated
Rh/K phenotype
created
Transfusion Reaction Investigations
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Amikacin
created
Gentamycin
created
Teicoplanin
created
Tobramycin
created
Vancomycin
created
Microbiology updates
Blood Culture
updated
Fifty-eighth edition v58 - 2021.06.25
Microbiology updates
Home page
updated
Fifty-seventh edition v57 - 2021.06.08
General updates
LCL tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Fifty-sixth edition v56 - 2021.06.08
Clinical Chemistry updates
ACE
updated
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)
updated
General updates
Minimum Data Policy
updated
Fifty-fifth edition v55 - 2021.05.28
Clinical Chemistry updates
Vitamin A
updated
Vitamin E
updated
Haematology updates
Home page
updated
H&I updates
Home page
updated
Microbiology updates
Hepatitis C Virus
updated
Fifty-fourth edition v54 - 2021.05.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
Spurious results - due to collection/storage
updated
General updates
Blood Specimens
updated
Fifty-third edition v53 - 2021.05.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
Ammonia
updated
Amylase
updated
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
updated
AST-Platelet Ratio Index (APRI)
updated
AFP
updated
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)
updated
Alkaline Phosphatase
updated
Bilirubin (direct)
updated
Blood Gases
updated
Cortisol
updated
C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
updated
Creatine Kinase Isoenzyme (CK-MB)
updated
Creatinine
updated
Creatinine Clearance
updated
CA 125 - Tumour Marker
updated
Calcium (adjusted)
updated
Calcium (ionised)
updated
Calcium (Total)
updated
Carboxyhaemoglobin
updated
Carcinoembyronic Antigen (CEA)
updated
FSH
updated
Glycated Haemoglobin
updated
HCG-beta
updated
Iron Studies
updated
LH
updated
Lithium
updated
Liver Profile
updated
Metadrenalines
updated
Mycophenolate
updated
Oestradiol - 17B
updated
Osmolality
updated
Osmolality
updated
Potassium
updated
Progesterone
updated
Prolactin
updated
Protein
updated
Protein
updated
Protein / Creatinine Ratio (PCR)
updated
PSA - Prostate Specific Antigen
updated
PTH (Intact)
updated
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin
updated
Sodium
updated
T3 (free)
updated
T4 (free)
updated
Testosterone
updated
Thiopurine Methyl Transferase
updated
Thyroid receptor Antibodies (TRAb)
updated
TSH
updated
U&E profile
updated
Uric Acid (Fluid)
updated
Vitamin B
12
updated
Fifty-second edition v52 - 2021.04.16
General updates
Quality Policy
updated
LCL tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Fifty-first edition v51 - 2021.03.17
Haematology updates
Sickledex Haemoglobin S Screen removed
H&I updates
Home page
updated
Immunology updates
ANCA
updated
Anti-Centromere Ab
updated
Anti-DNA (double-stranded-dsDNA) Ab
updated
Anti-Extractable Nuclear Antigen
updated
Anti-Gastric Parietal Cell Ab
updated
Anti-Intrinsic Factor Ab
updated
Anti-Islet Cell Ab
updated
Anti-Mitochondrial (AMA) Ab
updated
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
updated
Anti-Smooth Muscle (SMA) Ab
updated
B2 Microglobulin
updated
Gastric parietal cell autoantibodies
updated
Intrinsic factor autoantibodies
updated
Paraprotein Analysis
updated
Skin antibodies
updated
Home page
updated
Microbiology updates
Home page
updated
Fiftieth edition v50 - 2021.03.08
Cellular Pathology updates
Home page
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Home page
updated
Fourty-ninth edition v49 - 2021.01.29
Clinical Chemistry updates
FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test)
created
Fourty-eighth edition v48 - 2021.01.19
Microbiology updates
Coronavirus
updated
Fourty-seventh edition v47 - 2020.12.23
Cellular Pathology updates
Immunocytochemistry
updated
Molecular Pathology
updated
Opthalmic Pathology
updated
H&I updates
H&I General Information
updated
Fourty-sixth edition v46 - 2020.12.10
Clinical Chemistry updates
A1-Antitrypsin (a1-AT)
updated
Bile Acids
updated
H&I updates
Sample requirements\turnaround times
updated
Fourty-fifth edition v45 - 2020.11.05
Clinical Chemistry updates
COVID-19 Antibodies
updated
H&I updates
General information page
updated
Microbiology updates
Chlamydia trachomatis
updated
Gonorrhoea
updated
Fourty-fourth edition v44 - 2020.10.23
Clinical Chemistry updates
Adalimumab and Antibodies
updated
Inflixamab and Anti Drug Antibody
updated
Haematology updates
Full Blood Count
created
Cellular Pathology updates
Histopathology
updated
Home page
updated
General updates
LCL TATs during Covid-19 Pandemic
updated
Fourty-third edition v43 - 2020.08.24
General updates
Key Telephone Numbers
updated
Fourty-second edition v42 - 2020.08.12
Haematology updates
SickleSCAN (Haemoglobin S Screen)
created
General updates
Minimum Data Policy
updated
Fourty-first edition v41 - 2020.07.29
General updates
Key Telephone Numbers
updated
Fourtieth edition v40 - 2020.07.01
General updates
Minimum Data Policy
updated
Thirty-ninth edition v39 - 2020.06.23
General updates
GP Telephone Enquiry Results Sheet
updated
LCL tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Thirty-eighth edition v38 - 2020.05.28
Clinical Chemistry updates
Home page
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Home page
updated
Immunology updates
COVID-19 Antibodies
created
SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
created
Microbiology updates
Pleural Fluid
created
Thirty-seventh edition v37 - 2020.05.22
H&I updates
Home page
updated
General updates
LCL tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Thirty-sixth edition v36 - 2020.04.15
Immunology updates
Advice on the use and interpretation of Immunology laboratory tests
updated
Microbiology updates
Brucellosis
updated
General updates
Home Page
updated
Thirty-fifth edition v35 - 2020.04.01
Cellular Pathology updates
Immunocytochemistry
updated
Histopathology
updated
Molecular Pathology
updated
Non Gynae Cytology
updated
Ophthalmic Pathology
updated
Immunology updates
Additional Services
updated
Allergen-specific IgE
updated
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
updated
Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA)
updated
Glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Antibodies
updated
Home page
updated
Lymphocyte Subset Quantitation
updated
Mast Cell Tryptase
updated
Microbiology updates
Arboviruses
updated
BK Virus
updated
Cerebrospinal Fluid
updated
Coronavirus
created
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
updated
Dengue
created
Enterovirus
updated
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
updated
Hepatitis A Virus
updated
Hepatitis B Virus
updated
Hepatitis C Virus
updated
Hepatitis D Virus
created
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
updated
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
updated
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
updated
Human T-Cell Lymphotrophic Virus (HTLV)
updated
Infectious Mononucleosis
updated
Measles
updated
Meningitis
updated
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
created
Molluscum Contagiosum
updated
Monkeypox
created
Mumps
updated
Myocarditis
updated
Novel Coronavirus
created
Papovavirus
updated
Pertussis
created
Polyoma Virus
updated
Rabies
updated
Respiratory Viruses
updated
Rubella
updated
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
created
Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV)
updated
Viral Gastroenteritis
updated
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
updated
Warts
updated
Wuhan Coronavirus
created
General updates
GP Information
updated
Thirty-fourth edition v34 - 2020.02.12
Cellular Pathology updates
Non Gynae Cytology
updated
Haematology updates
Acute Leukaemia fusion transcript screening
updated
BCR-ABL kinase domain mutation
updated
BCR-ABL quantitation
updated
c-KIT D816V mutation
updated
CSF3R mutation
updated
FIP1L1-PDGFRA
updated
FLT3-ITD
updated
IGHV gene sequence analysis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
updated
MYD88 L265P mutation test
updated
NPM1 mutation
updated
Oncomine Myeloid NGS
updated
SETBP1 mutation
updated
TP53 Mutation test
updated
Microbiology updates
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
updated
General updates
GP Information
updated
LCL tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Research and Clinical Trials
updated
Thirty-second edition v33 - 2020.01.22
Clinical Chemistry updates
Blood Specimens
updated
Cortisol Urine
updated
Immunology updates
IgG4
created
General updates
Main Page
updated
Thirty-second edition v32 - 2019.12.16
H&I updates
General information page
updated
Sample requirements\turnaround times
updated
Thirty-first edition v31 - 2019.12.11
Blood Transfusion updates
Transfusion Team
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Non Gynae Cytology
updated
Home page
updated
H&I updates
Home page
updated
General information page
updated
HLA Typing
updated
HLA Typing for other Disease Associations
updated
HLA-A29 Testing for Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
updated
HLA-B*57:01 typing for determination of Abacavir hypersensitivity
updated
HLA-B27
updated
HLA-B51 Testing for Behcet’s
updated
HLA-DQ typing for Coeliac Disease
updated
HLA-DQ Typing for Narcolepsy
updated
HLA-Specific Antibody Characterisation
updated
HLA-Specific Antibody Screening
updated
Post- haematopoietic stem cell transplant monitoring (chimerism analysis)
updated
Pre-Transplant Crossmatching: Deceased Donors
updated
Pre-Transplant Crossmatching: Live Donors
updated
General updates
Main Page
updated
Thirtieth edition v30 - 2019.12.02
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology
updated
Home page
updated
Microbiology updates
Hepatitis A Virus
updated
Hepatitis C Virus
updated
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
updated
General updates
Quality Team
updated
Out of Hours Service
updated
Twenty ninth edition v29 - 2019.10.30
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Thyroglobulin
updated
Immunology updates
Mast Cell Tryptase
updated
Microbiology updates
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
updated
General updates
Transformation & IT
updated
Tests and services not currently UKAS accredited
updated
Twenty eighth edition v28 - 2019.08.29
Clinical Chemistry updates
Carboxyhaemoglobin
updated
Immunology updates
Home page
updated
Microbiology updates
Blood Culture
updated
Brucellosis
updated
Joint Aspirate
updated
Pan Bacterial (16S rRNA gene) PCR and Identification
updated
Home page
updated
Twenty seventh edition v27 - 2019.06.30
Clinical Chemistry updates
Lithium
updated
Haematology updates
AML workup
created
Haemoglobinopathy and Thalassaemia Screening
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Home page
updated
Immunology updates
Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase
updated
RAL - Rheumatoid Arthritis Latex Screen
updated
Microbiology updates
LHCH Pre-op Screens
updated
LWH NICU Screening
created
MDRO (Multi Drug Resistant Organsim) screening
created
MRSA Screening
updated
Twenty sixth edition v26 - 2019.06.26
Microbiology updates
Adenovirus
updated
Antenatal Screening
updated
Anti-Streptococal Antibodies
updated
Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen
updated
BK Virus
updated
Cerebrospinal Fluid
updated
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
updated
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
updated
Helicobacter pylori
updated
Hepatitis A Virus
updated
Hepatitis B Virus
updated
Hepatitis C Virus
updated
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
updated
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
updated
Human TCell Lymphotronic Virus (HTLV)
updated
JC Virus
updated
Parvovirus B19
updated
Rubella
updated
Syphilis Serology
updated
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
updated
Toxoplasmosis
updated
Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV)
updated
Twenty fifth edition v25 - 2019.06.20
Clinical Chemistry updates
Tubes & Volumes
updated
Haematology updates
Factor VIII Screen
created
Tubes & Volumes
updated
Twenty fourth edition v24 - 2019.06.17
Blood Transfusion updates
Antenatal Services
updated
Anti-A and Anti-B Titres
updated
Cold agglutinin titres
updated
DAT Direct Antiglobulin
updated
Free Fetal DNA Screening
updated
Group & Save/Cross Match
updated
Platelet Antibodies
updated
Red Cell Genotyping
created
Transfusion Reaction Investigations
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology service page
updated
Histology service page
updated
Home page
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Beta 2 Transferrin
updated
Beta trace protein
created
Microbiology updates
Blood Culture
updated
Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) screen
updated
Cerebrospinal Fluid
updated
Department information
updated
MRSA Screening
updated
Urine
updated
General updates
Sample order of draw Poster
updated
Supplies Order Form
updated
Twenty third edition v23 - 2019.04.25
Cellular Pathology updates
Ophthalmic Specimen type guidance
updated
Haematology updates
G.6.P.D. (Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
updated
TP53 Mutation test
created
Microbiology updates
Genital Ulcer PCR
created
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
updated
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
updated
Norovirus
updated
Respiratory Viruses
updated
Syphilis Serology
updated
Twenty second edition v22 - 2019.03.21
Cellular Pathology updates
Ophthalmic Service information
updated
Ophthalmic Specimen type guidance
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Home Page
updated
Plasma Metadrenalines (Metanephrines)
updated
Haematology updates
Home page
updated
Reticulocytes
updated
Microbiology updates
Urine
updated
General updates
Data Protection & User Feedback
updated
Quality team contact details
updated
Twenty first edition v21 - 2019.02.07
Blood Transfusion updates
Anti-A and Anti-B Titres for ABO Incompatible Renal Transplants
updated
Department information
updated
H&I updates
Home page
updated
General information page
updated
Guidelines on appropriate use of tests
updated
Sample Requirements\Turnaround times
updated
Immunology updates
Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA, Quantiferon)
updated
General updates
Tests not UKAS accredited
updated
Twentieth edition v20 - 2019.01.14
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology service page
updated
Ophthalmic Pathology page
updated
Ophthalmic Service information
updated
Haematology updates
Department information
updated
Haemoglobinopathy and Thalassaemia Screening
updated
Microbiology updates
Department information
updated
General updates
Accredidation Section
updated
Transformation & IT section
updated
Nineteenth edition v19 - 2018.12.03
Clinical Chemistry updates
Thiocyanate (Serum) page removed
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology service page
updated
General updates
Research and Clinical Trials page
updated
Eighteenth edition v18 - 2018.11.15
Immunology updates
Department information
updated
General updates
Accredidation Section
updated
Home page
updated
Quality Policy
updated
Quality team contact details
updated
Seventeenth edition v17 - 2018.10.31
Clinical Chemistry updates
Chromium (Plasma) page removed
Cobalt (Plasma) page removed
Nickel (Plasma) page removed
Tacrolimus/FK506
updated
General updates
Accredidation Section
updated
GP Information page
updated
Sixteenth edition v16 - 2018.10.02
Clinical Chemistry updates
Glucose tolerance test
updated
Immunology updates
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
updated
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Ab
updated
Cryoglobulins
updated
Lymphocyte Subset Quantitation
updated
General updates
Home page
updated
Request Forms
updated
Fifteenth edition v15 - 2018.09.17
General updates
Accredidation Section
created
Fourteenth edition v14 - 2018.09.04
Blood Transfusion updates
Free fetal DNA
created
Cellular Pathology updates
Gynae Cytology information
updated
Non Gynae Cytology information
updated
H&I updates
Department information
updated
Haematology updates
Plasma viscosity page
updated
Immunology updates
Department information
updated
General updates
Taxi Transport
updated
Transformation & IT section
updated
Home page
updated
Thirteenth edition v13 - 2018.08.02
Immunology updates
Functional antibody test
created
Free Light Chain Quantitation (Serum)
updated
Microbiology updates
Contact details
updated
General updates
Quality Policy
updated
Twelfth edition v12 - 2018.06.04
Blood & Bone Marrow Transplantation updates
General information & Transplant Team
updated
José Carreras Transplant Unit (10Z)
updated
Blood & Marrow Transplant Laboratory
updated
Forms & Guidelines
updated
Clinical Chemistry updates
Plasma 5HIAA page
updated
Haematology updates
Inclusion of Reference Ranges page
created
Immunology updates
Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA, Quantiferon)
updated
General updates
GP Information page
updated
Quality page
updated
Eleventh edition v11 - 2018.05.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
Chromium (whole blood) page
updated
Cobalt (whole blood) page
updated
Hydroxy Indole Acetic Acid (5-HIAA) page
updated
Haematology updates
Haemoglobinopathy and Thalassaemia Screening page
updated
Microbiology updates
Pan Bacterial (16S rRNA gene) PCR and Identification page
updated
General updates
Handbook Information page
updated
Tenth edition v10 - 2018.04.09
Clinical Chemistry updates
Troponin T page
updated
Haematology updates
Full Blood Count page
updated
ADAMTS 13 Additional Information page
updated
General updates
GP Results Sheet
updated
Out of Hours Service
updated
Ninth edition v9 - 2018.02.27
Clinical Chemistry updates
Digoxin page
updated
Homogentisic Acid page
updated
AKU Profile (serum) page
updated
Microbiology updates
Blood Culture page
updated
Eighth edition v8 - 2018.02.01
Clinical Chemistry updates
Tacrolimus \ FK506 page
updated
Nickel Urine (random) page removed
Cobal Urine (random) page removed
Chromium Urine (random) page removed
Chromium Urine (24hr) page removed
Tacrolimus \ FK506 page
updated
Surolimus (Rapamune) page
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Rapid Diagnostic Information
updated
Haematology updates
Anti-Phospholipid Ab Screen page
updated
Microbiology updates
Helicobacter pylori page
updated
General updates
Result Telephone Numbers
updated
Seventh edition v7 - 2017.12.20
Clinical Chemistry updates
AKU Serum page
created
Homogentisic acid
updated
Microbiology updates
Hepatitis B Virus
updated
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
updated
Microbiology page
updated
Teicoplanin page
updated
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring page
updated
General updates
GP Information page
updated
Use of ICE Flowchart
updated
Sixth edition v6 - 2017.11.27
Clinical Chemistry updates
Urine Zinc removed
Urine Selenium removed
Faecal Calprotectin Further Information
updated
Blood Transfusion updates
Special Requirements
updated
Blood Storage
updated
Other Blood Products
updated
Transfusion Team
updated
Group & Save/Cross Match
updated
Cold agglutinin titres
updated
Anti-A and Anti-B Titres for ABO Incompatible Renal Transplants
created
Cellular Pathology updates
Cervical Cytology Service
updated
Specimen Handling removed
H&I updates
Sample Requirements\Turnaround times
updated
Fifth edition v5 - 2017.11.10
Clinical Chemistry updates
Amphetamines
updated
Cellular Pathology updates
Home page
updated
Non-Gynae Cytology service page
updated
Immunocytochemistry service page
updated
Molecular pathology service page
updated
Gynae Cytology service page
updated
histology service page
updated
Gynae Cytology Material Safety Data Sheet
updated
H&I updates
Home page
created
general information page
updated
Sample Requirements\Turnaround times
updated
HLA Typing
created
HLA Typing for other Disease Associations
created
HLA-A29 Testing for Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
created
HLA-B*57:01 typing for determination of Abacavir hypersensitivity
created
HLA-B27
created
HLA-B51 Testing for Behcet's
created
HLA-DQ typing for Coeliac Disease
created
HLA-DQ Typing for Narcolepsy
created
HLA-Specific Antibody Characterisation
created
HLA-Specific Antibody Screening
created
Post- haematopoietic stem cell transplant monitoring (chimerism analysis)
created
Pre-Transplant Crossmatching: Deceased Donors
created
Pre-Transplant Crossmatching: Live Donors
created
Immunology updates
Home page
updated
Allergen-specific IgE
updated
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
updated
Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA)
updated
Aspergillus IgG ('precipitins')
updated
Autoimmune myositis screen
updated
Avian protein IgG ('precipitins')
updated
Skin antibodies
updated
C1 Inhibitor Functional assay
updated
C1 inhibitor protein quantitation
updated
Cyclic citrullinated peptite (ccp) antibodies
updated
Cyroglobulins
updated
Double stranded DNA antibodies
updated
Endomysial antibodies (IgA)
updated
Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA, Quantiferon)
updated
Light Chain Quantitation (urine)
updated
Light Chain Quantitation (serum)
updated
Liver specific antibodies
updated
Neutrophil oxidative function
updated
Pancreas islet cell autoantibodies
updated
Total IgE
updated
Additional Services
updated
Microbiology updates
Blood Culture
updated
Gastric Biopsy
updated
Gastro Enteritis
updated
Helicoacter pylori
updated
TB
updated
Sellotape Smear
created
Teicoplanin page
updated
General updates
Key Telephone Numbers page
updated
Normal Laboratory Hours page
updated
Research and Clinical Trials page
updated
Validity of Results page
updated
Emergency Requests page
updated
Minimum Data Set Policy
updated
Fourth edition v4 - 2017.10.19
Clinical Chemistry updates
Reference ranges for Tacrolimus \ FK506
updated
Microbiology updates
Hospital formulary link on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring page
updated
I&I Additional Services
updated
General updates
Transformation & IT page
updated
Quality page
updated
Third edition v3 - 2017.10.11
Haematology updates
Factor V Leiden additional information
updated
Prothrombin Gene Mutation additional information
updated
General updates
Patient information page
updated
GP information page
updated
Request forms page
updated
Second edition v2 - 2017.09.21
General updates
Quality team contact details
added
First edition v1 - 2017.09.20
General updates
Transformation & IT contact details
added
MYD88 L265P mutation test
added