Limited microbiology service – Lab closing at 5pm

June 8, 2021

There will be no microbiology laboratory service available at Sandwell or City Hospital after 5pm for today.

This will primarily affect COVID testing after 5pm – the team will be unable to process urgent COVID swabs after 5pm. Due to the 2 hour processing time all urgent COVID swabs must arrive in the lab before 3pm. After this time it is likely the swab will be processed on the next day.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.