Send away tests, biochemistry

Some tests are sent to other laboratories for assay. This is a list of the tests most often sent elsewhere and the laboratories to which they are sent. Click on the name of the laboratory to see its CPA status and contact details. It is best to call the UHSM laboratory to ask for results.

TEST

SPECIMEN

HOSPITAL

ACTH

SERUM

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Oromuscoid

SERUM

Central Manchester Children's Hospital

Renin

Li-Hep

Leeds Teaching Hospital

Aldosterone

Li-Hep

Leeds Teaching Hospital

Drugs of abuse

Urine

Salford Hope Hospital

Thiamine

Li-Hep

Liverpool

CopperCaeruloplasmin

SERUM

Salford Hope Hospital

Organic Acids

Urine

Willink Laboratory-Manchester Childrens

TPMT

EDTA

Guys purine Lab

Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotyping

SERUM

Sheffield

Bile Acid

SERUM

Selly Oak

Zinc

SERUM

Central Manchester Children's Hospital

Oligoclonal bands

CSF

Salford Hope Hospital

Plasma Amino Acids

Li-Hep

Willink Laboratory-Manchester Childrens

17-OH Progesterone

Li-Hep

Central Manchester Children's Hospital

P3NP

SERUM

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Very long chain Fatty acids

EDTA

Willink Laboratory-Manchester Childrens