Patients with Suspected or Symptomatic Measles
November 10, 2025
Please Do Not Refer Patients to Pathlab with Suspected or Symptomatic Measles To protect both patients and staff, any patient suspected of having measles or presenting with measles-like symptoms must not be referred to a Pathlab collection facilities for specimen collection. Patients suspected of measles should not attend community collection rooms, as this presents a significant transmission risk…
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Coeliac Disease Algorithm Change
November 07, 2025
Change to Pathlab Coeliac Disease Algorithm – No upfront total IgA testing Pathlab utilises anti-tTG IgA as the primary screening test for coeliac disease. This is traditionally accompanied by a total IgA test to confirm the patient is not IgA-deficient (IgA undetectable, <0.05 g/L) as this causes false negative anti-tTG results. Anti-DGP IgG is automatically added by the laboratory when total IgA…
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Re-standardisation of Total Protein Assay
October 25, 2025
The supplier of our Total Protein test has modified their calibrator to ensure traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The net effect on our Total protein results is an increase of 4% which is within clinically acceptable limits as determined by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Pathlab will be amending our Total Protein and Globulin reference intervals…
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HPV Dry Swab Tube Collection Kit
October 17, 2025
Pathlab are pleased to announce the release of the new Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Dry Tube Collection kit from late October 2025. This new kit will replace the existing HPV buffer (wet) tube kit and has a few differences. The pink capped tube label looks slightly different with two rows of small 2D barcodes and an additional pink strip at the bottom. Please ensure that one row of the 2D barcodes…
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Anti-MPO Reagent Change
October 14, 2025
The manufacturer of anti-MPO reagent (for ANCA testing) has improved the assay thus resolving problems sometimes encountered by the laboratory, which while did not affect patient results, did affect laboratory processes. This improvement has caused a one-time shift in numerical values downwards. This may be a significant shift in some patient results compared to previous ones using the old reagent…
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