As the Pathology Service is accredited by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO15189, the information provided will form a part of our compliance with UKAS standards and the results made available to them for scrutiny. The user surveys have now closed. Thank you for your help and assistance Please see the Feedback and Reponses to the surveys below :-
As the Pathology Service is accredited by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO15189, the information provided will form a part of our compliance with UKAS standards and the results made available to them for scrutiny. The user surveys have now closed. Thank you for your help and assistance Please see the Feedback and Reponses to the surveys below :-
Pre-eclampsia screen test withdrawal
The Clinical Biochemistry services within North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) have offered a Pre-Eclampsia Screen (Soluble FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase-1/Placental Growth Factor) since 2020.
From Monday 12th December 2022 this test will no longer be available. It will no longer be available for requesting via ICE Order Comms and any requests received in the laboratory will issued with a report indicating that the request has been rejected.
In order to improve our service and to ensure it meets your requirements, we would be grateful if you would complete a user questionnaire which you can access by clicking on link below. This should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Dear Colleagues,
Following an increase in cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children, for patients <16 years old, we have updated our critical limit for urgent communication for ALT to >500U/L in primary and secondary care (effective 25/04/2022).
Our critical communication cut off for AST remains unchanged at >525U/L (adults and paediatrics).
Clinical Biochemistry service changes April 2022
To: All service users, Pathology department (NWAFT)
Potential for interference in immunoassays
Summary: Biotin supplements can interfere significantly with immunoassay tests used in the clinical biochemistry laboratory and produce artefactually low or high results. If you have an unexpected result, please ask your patient if they are taking biotin.
