March 2024

Measles testing: HSE now provides Oracol Swabs – please order via the email address below

Mar
14

Customer Notification: HSE now provides Oracol Swabs – please order via the email address below

To continue to supply the needs of clinicians for the period up to 30th September 2024, the HSE will now provide Oracol swabs to GPs, hospitals and other service providers. 

To order Oracol swabs for measles testing, GPs should email measles.swab@jmc.ie providing the following information:

  • GP / Practice Name
  • Address and Eircode
  • Contact Number
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Customer Notification: HDV RNA testing at NVRL

Mar
01

UCD NVRL is pleased to announce that we are introducing testing for Hepatitis Delta (HDV) RNA in house from 8th March 2024, using the RealStar® HDV RT-PCR Kit 1.0. This is a quantitative HDV realtime PCR assay and as a result samples will no longer need to be referred abroad, resulting in an improved turnaround time assisting patient management.

The test code has been notified and is AHDV. Please use AHDV instead of the current test code MDDG on all requests from 8th March 2024.

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