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Important message: Two serum samples are now required for hepatitis C serology

June 17, 2021

The technical processing of serology samples is now being undertaken by the BCPS clinical chemistry department.

Due to a technical change, two serum samples will be required for hepatitis C serology. This will allow the laboratory to report both a serology result and a viral load result at the same time. Where electronic requesting systems are being used these will be updated to prompt this at the time of sample collection.

Serology results will also now appear in the blood sciences section of electronic systems. It is anticipated that there will be no other appreciable difference in your experience of requesting serology tests or receiving results.

Please see serology letter for further details.

The arrangements for clinical interpretive advice remain unchanged and the duty microbiologist can be contacted in cases where any discussion or clarification is required.

The contact details for clinical advice are listed below:

Note: You can contact the out of hours consultant microbiologist via switchboard.