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Warfarin Assay
- Test Name:Warfarin Assay
- Laboratory:Haematology Referral Test
- Specimen Type:Trisodium Citrate
- Specimen Container:Blue
- Specimen Volume:3 ml
- Specimen Requirements:Do not send Fridays
- Other details:Only to be requested via the Haematology medical team
- Frequency of analysis/ assay:Referred to external test site
- Turnaround Time: < 4 weeks
- Phone alert limits:
- Preanalytical stability at room temp:
Whooping cough / Pertussis
- Test Name: Whooping cough / Pertussis
- Laboratory: Microbiology/ Serology External
- Specimen Type: Naso-pharyngeal aspirate / swab (High nasal). Clotted blood
- Specimen Container: Sterile universal container, perinasal swab, yellow topped blood bottle.
- Specimen Volume: At least 1ml of fluid. 4ml clotted blood.
- Specimen Requirements: A clotted blood specimen should be sent into the laboratory when the clinician details are > 2 weeks after onset with history of prolonged cough.
- Frequency of analysis/ assay: Daily
- Turnaround Time: 7 days culture. 10 days for Serology/PCR
- Phone alert limits: Positive pertussis isolates will be phoned to the requesting clinician
- Pre-analytical stability at room temp:N/A
Wounds - Deep-seated
- Test Name: Wounds - Deep-seated
- Laboratory: Microbiology
- Specimen Type: Tissue, bone, biopsies, prosthetic devices, pus/aspirate, swabs
- Specimen Container: Sterile universal container, amies swab.
- Specimen Volume: As large a tissue sample as possible should be sent / At least 1ml of pus or aspirate / if possible swab should be well soaked in pus
- Specimen Requirements: Refrigerate if delivery to the laboratory is delayed
- Other details:N/A
- Frequency of analysis/ assay: Daily
- Turnaround Time: 2-4 days - prolonged incubation required for some anaerobic organisms. Specimens from ? osteomyelitis are incubated for 5 days. Bone, joint and specimens associated with prosthetic joint infections are incubated for 14 days.
- Phone alert limits: Beta Haemolytic Streptococcus Group A isolates, Beta Haemolytic Streptococcus Group B isolates from maternity, post natal and neonatal patients, new MRSA and VRE isolates from inpatients are all phoned to the requesting clinician
- Preanalytical stability at room temp:N/A
Wounds - Superficial
- Test Name: Wounds - Superficial
- Laboratory: Microbiology
- Specimen Type: Swabs / Pus
- Specimen Container: Sterile universal container, amies swab.
- Specimen Volume: At least 1ml of pus / if possible swab should be well soaked in pus
- Specimen Requirements: Refrigerate if delivery to the laboratory is delayed
- Other details: N/A
- Frequency of analysis/ assay: Daily
- Turnaround Time: 2-4 days
- Phone alert limits: Beta Haemolytic Streptococcus Group A isolates, Beta Haemolytic Streptococcus Group B isolates from maternity, post natal and neonatal patients, new MRSA and VRE isolates from inpatients are all phoned to the requesting clinician
- Preanalytical stability at room temp:
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