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Check here for news, blog posts, and updates on what's happening in the Laboratory Service.
Check here for news, blog posts, and updates on what's happening in the Laboratory Service.
We aren't finding much else except SARS-CoV-2 at the moment. In the Northern Hemisphere, two types of Influenza are circulating quite late in the season.
Read MoreWe have greatly reduced the amount of testing done at the hospital lab, due to use of Rapid Antigen Testing in the community.
Read MoreUpdate on traditional respiratory viruses other than SARS-CoV-2. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2022 Week 10
Read MoreTo: Clinical Directors, All requestors of molecular lab tests From: Chris Mansell Clinical Microbiologist Helen Moore Haematopathologist Stephen Du Toit Chemical Pathologist Date: 4 Feb 2022 Subject: Limited Availability of Molecular Testing Due To COVID The laboratory…
Read MoreWe have a rapid increase in community acquired cases this week. The test strategy is to try to detect all cases in the region, for contact tracing.
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