Location of Good Hope Laboratory
A site map for Good Hope Hospital can be found here
Location of the Pathology Block is indicated below
Location of Heartlands Hospital Laboratories
A site map for Heartlands Hospital can be found here
The location of pathology is indicated below
Key Factors That can Affect Results
Common causes of spurious results due to incorrect collection or storage
Note: Common analytical interferences are screened for and if detected no results will be reported for that analyte.
Transport of Specimens
Pathology specimens should be sent via the post tube to the laboratory or delivered by hand and left at the reception desk. Please do not, under any circumstances, leave specimens anywhere else in the Pathology buildings.
All samples sent to the laboratory should be packed so as to comply with the Carriage Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1996
Sample transport by Airtube
The following sample types should not be sent via the airtube system
- CSF for Xanthochromia analysis
- Pleural fluids for any analysis
24 Hour Service
The Department operates a 24 hr service, 7 days a week.
To ensure that immediate attention is given to emergency requests, doctors must phone the laboratory to ensure that staff are aware of the priority. It is the responsibility of the requesting doctor to ensure the sample is sent to the Department.
For out of hours clinical advice, please contact switchboard and ask for the Duty Consultant Biochemist on-call. Consultant advice for immunology is also available via switchboard.
