NEWSLETTERS

Messages and Reminders
General Newsletters
Educational Newsletters

Messages and Reminders (available for 3 months)

Focal Point is new automated technology for screening Pap test (cervical smear) slides and is being launched by Canterbury Health Laboratories (CHL) and the company which developed it, Becton Dickinson (BD), in Christchurch on Tuesday 25 August. Click here for the Focal Point Video. (September 2009)
The National Laboratory Guidelines for Pandemic Influenza can be accessed via the MOH website. !!IMPORTANT!!

General Newsletters (available for 6 months)

Maternal Serum Screening for Antenatal Down Syndrome (January 2010) !! NEW !!
Change of Tube for Viral Load Testing (December 2009)
Gonorrhoea testing now performed on all Chlamydia requests (November 2009)
Gluten Sensitivity Testing (October 2009)
Courier Services on Upcoming Public Holidays (October 2009)
Laboratory Reference Interval Changes Notification (September 2009)
Change of Courier Provider - update. (September 2009)
Notice that CHL will only be processing urgent Phenytoin specimens till new reagent arrives. (September 2009)
Transfer of TDM assays to Core Biochemistry. (August 2009)
Swine flu PCR requesting (August 2009)
Updated: SWINE INFLUENZA COLLECTION PROTOCOL (June 2009) !! IMPORTANT !!

Educational Newsletters (available for 1 year)

Microbiology

Getting the most out of a Microbiology Laboratory (November 2009)
Metallo-β-lactamases (October 2009)
Pertussis - Is there a place for Health Care Worker (HCW) vaccination? (September 2009)
Infective Endocarditis (August 2009)
Aspergillosis (April 2009)
Parvovirus (March 2009)
Human Helminth Infections in New Zealand (February 2009)