Uncategorised Article Count: 12
General Information Article Count: 2
This handbook encompasses all disciplines of Laboratory Medicine at Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals. It has been designed to provide the busy general practitioner and hospital doctor more readily available information regarding:-
General Laboratory Information and Services Available.
Out-Patient Clinical Laboratory Investigations and Protocols.
Indications for Requesting Tests.
Specimen Collection.
Reference Ranges.
Reporting of Results.
The directorate is composed of the following departments:
Biochemistry and Immunology
Cellular Pathology
Haematology
Blood Bank
Health Protection Agency (Microbiology)
Central Services Unit
General Services Article Count: 3
General services provided by the directorate, common to all departments
Patient Information Article Count: 6
Information patients
Sites Article Count: 4
Information about the sites in the network
Requesting Article Count: 8
Research and Development Article Count: 2
Journals Article Count: 1
Laboratory Medicine R & D Day Article Count: 1
R&D Day 2009 Article Count: 25
R&D Day February 2008 Article Count: 21
Laboratory Medicine R&D Day 2008
29th February 2008
With grateful thanks to Grifols for sponsoring this meeting
Departments Article Count: 0
Departmental specific informaton category
Clinical Chemistry and Immunology Article Count: 1
Stuff relating to the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology in blood sciences
Clinical Chemistry (Specialist Testing) Article Count: 1
Immunology (Specialist Testing) Article Count: 4
Toxicology Services Article Count: 2
General Article Count: 6
Services from Clinical Chemistry and Immunology Article Count: 2
A description of the services avaliable from the department of Biochemistry and Immunology
Blood Bank Article Count: 8
Infomation relating to the blood bank section of Haemtology
Cellular Pathology Article Count: 1
Department of Histopathology and Cytology
Haematology Article Count: 1
Information relating to the department of haematology
Clinical Services Article Count: 3
Clinical Services provided by the department of haematology
Laboratory Services Article Count: 16
Laboratory services from the department of haematology
Molecular Article Count: 1
Immunophenotyping Article Count: 1
Microbiology Article Count: 10
Microbiology Home Article Count: 1
Microbiology - Lab Information Article Count: 5
Quality Information
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Microbiology - Specimen Information Article Count: 1
Please refer to individual tests in the test database for information on acceptable sample types and how to collect them.
Expiry date on the collection tubes exceeded.
A number of sample collection containers are supplied with an expiry date printed on the collection tube. These include:
1ML LIQUID AMIES REGULAR FLOCKED SWAB
MRSA COLLECTION KIT 2 REGULAR SWABS
AMIES WITH CHARCOAL SWABS
Liquid Aimes Transport swab, urethral flocked swab
BLOOD TUBES – including EDTA
APTIMA Unisex Collection Kit
APTIMA Urine Collection Kit
APTIMA Vaginal Swab Collection Kit
Viral Transport swab – GREEN TOPS
Expiry dates on sample containers will be examined upon receipt in the laboratory, if the expiry date has been exceeded the sample will be REJECTED. Please note it is your responsibility to check the expiry date on a sample collection tube BEFORE you collect the sample.
Services Article Count: 0
Clinical Bacteriology Article Count: 1
Serology Article Count: 1
RCM Article Count: 1
Clinical and Research Article Count: 1
For Review Article Count: 0
Front Page Slide Shot Article Count: 1
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Clinical Advice Article Count: 4
Clinical advice based on clinical speciality
Clinical Chemistry Clinical Advice Article Count: 9
Immunology Clinical Advice Article Count: 7
Protocols Article Count: 5
Protocols for investigation of diseases and interpretation of tests