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SWLP Pathology News August 2017

This edition includes articles on:

  • New test database
  • Microbiology – new black lidded charcoal swabs instead of blue
  • Croydon GPs – semen analysis for infertility and post-vasectomy
  • Croydon GPs – ordering pathology consumables is now through SWLP website
  • Croydon GPs – new collection devices for chlamydia and gonorrhoea
  • Pathology request, sample labelling and sample rejection
  • Cytology – acceptance of cervical screening samples
  • Key performance indicators
  • Education sessions for GPs in Wandsworth
  • Hormones and calprotectin
  • Trauma education day

SWLP Pathology Newsletter – August 2017Download

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