This edition includes articles on:
- Service updates
- Transport
- GP consumables
- Changes to test reference ranges
- Test request forms
- Sample labelling
- Current information on laboratory services
Latest news
May 4, 2022
SWLP Point of Care Testing Team runs first community diagnostic outreach clinic
South West London CCG ran their first diagnostic outreach clinic in the community supported by our Point of Care Testing (POCT) team testing at-risk groups for diabetes. The clinic was run at a Shree Ghanapathy Temple in Wandsworth where 34 members of the community were tested. Of that 34, 32 had abnormal results and two […]
April 5, 2022
Reducing blood product wastage at Croydon Hospital
The team in Blood Transfusion at Croydon Hospital have been working hard to reduce wastage of blood products. They have been doing this by reassessing the holding stock levels, rotation of stock and usage of short-dated units. Procedural changes were put in place in December 2020 and there has already been a significant reduction in […]
March 23, 2022
Pledia FIT testing system goes live in Microbiology
The Pledia Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) system has now gone live in Microbiology. The new analyser can process 320 samples in an hour and 200 samples can be loaded at one time.
February 3, 2022
Immunology article published in the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
Some of our team in Immunology and PRU have had an article published in the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. The article looks at how one of the newest myeloma drugs interfered with monitoring of a myeloma patient at the St George’s Hospital.