Laboratories

Staff from private lab provider Medlab are alleging delays in processing samples are putting patient safety at risk, according to a letter sent to Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy

A six per cent increase in funding for lab services providers has been welcomed, but concerns remain about how much of it will reach those on the front line

Laboratory workers in Wellington, the South Island and Hawke’s Bay are set to walk off the job again at the end of the month unless talks next week can end a stand-off with employers

The Pharmaceutical Society has clarified its call for pharmacists to be authorised to order lab tests

This is a real-time assessment of living and breathing through Omicron 

While a COVID-19 early-detection app is trialled, epidemiologist Nick Wilson remains frustrated over the continued “inexplicable” absence of non-invasive saliva testing for border and MIQ workers

When COVID-19 testing surged in Auckland two weeks ago, after community transmission was discovered, Labtests was ready – they’ve been doing it for months 

Fiona Cassie wanted to know what happens to the thousands of nasal swabs that are sent away for analysis each day. The Southern Community Laboratories experts who answered her questions are clinical microbiologist Arlo Upton, molecular pathology department head Jenny Grant and clinical microbiologist James Ussher 

Which test is best? The reliability of SPF claims is called into question, puzzling sunscreen makers, who say they already meet stringent standards