February 2018

Limited service - Wednesday 28th February

Feb
28

Despite the snow, the NVRL is open today. However, we are providing a restricted service. Please contact the lab at (01) 716 4401 to discuss urgent test requests. The laboratory will also be operating a restricted service tomorrow.

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Change in NVRL secondary anti-HBc and anti-HTLV I/II tests

Feb
20

From 19th February onwards, the NVRL will be using the anti-HBc Total Liaison XL test instead of the anti-HBc Total Biorad test and the anti-HTLV I/II Liaison XL test instead of the anti-HTLV I/II Murex test.

Whilst this move was scheduled for April, we have had to bring it forward due to unexpected difficulty with accessing BioRad kits for the anti-HBc.

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NVRL test name description changes

Feb
20

In order to standardise our test naming system, the following format will be used: virus, target, test kit name or identification of the test as a laboratory developed test (LDT). Unfortunately, our Laboratory Information System (LIS) is limited to only 30 characters. As a result, some viruses such as Hepatitis B (HBV) and Japanese Encephalitis (JEV) and some kit names such as FastTrack (FT) may have to be abbreviated. The following are some examples of the recent changes:

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