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Our dietitians work with patients, staff and the wider public to promote healthy eating and to manage disease.
and group G beta haemolytic streptococci May be used for diagnosis of recent streptococcal infections such as pharyngitis and tonsillitis but is unable to
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Urgent microscopy requests may be requested on children according to current NICE guidelines.
This test can be added on to a previous request as long as there is sufficient sample remaining and the sample is less than 24 hours old.
Poster Download Purpose/Problem To evaluate the efficacy of an outpatient memory group intervention that can practically be provided in an acute hospital
This event gave each team the opportunity to share their work and their learning and for the Trust to recognise and celebrate their achievements.
A laboratory glucose measurement is essential to diagnose hypoglycaemia.
This test is used to investigate cardiac or skeletal muscle pathology.
Bowel screening aims to detect bowel cancer at an early stage, if you have no symptoms. This is when treatment is more likely to be effective.
This can lead to easy or excessive bruising and bleeding.
Storage/transport Send samples at ambient temperature to the laboratory on the day of collection.
Vehicle access to the Atrium The Atrium entrance will be closed to vehicles from Monday 5 August and reopen on Wednesday 7 August in the morning.
Please note that laboratory staff are not permitted to discuss specific tests or results with patients; you are advised to contact your GP or consultant
For a sample to be treated as urgent the laboratory must be notified on Cheltenham 4219.
This test is the best way to diagnose acute Legionella infection It should be performed as early as possible after diagnosis of pneumonia Legionnaires'
If it is difficult to open your bowels or your stool is hard, you may be constipated.
NHSBT may decline to test inadequately labelled samples. Turnaround time 7 working days
the National Reference Laboratory Up to 14 days
test a previously submitted ante-natal sample - please contact the laboratory to check If the patient is found to be non-immune on initial testing, a