We passionately believe in offering a world class service through our team of more than 740 dedicated professionals.

Delivering a state of the art diagnostic service

We have a comprehensive list of UKAS accredited tests, and clinical professionals can request our analytical and interpretive services from a range of disciplines.

Microbiology: Sometimes it’s the smallest of things that have all the answers.

Blood Sciences: “750 000 specimens a month, equating to 6 tubes of blood for every person living in Leeds and Bradford”!

SLM: “Providing Specialist Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Haematology, Clinical and Transplant Immunology services locally for LTHT and regionally for referring labs within WYAAT and beyond.”

Clinical Genetics: Finding answers for families in 3.2 billion letters of genetics code.

Sars CoV-2 PCR Testing

PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 detects presence or absence of the virus in respiratory samples. Platform for testing depends on the workflow within the laboratory but principle of tests is molecular detection.

Tube	Green topped UTM Viral swab. Red topped viral UTM is also validated for this test
ID	30005
Additional Information	Negative results do not preclude infection and should not be used as sole basis for patient management. Positive results should be correlated with patient history and other diagnostic information.
Turn Around	24 hours
Send to	LGI Microbiology
Collection Con	Recommended sample type is combined nose and throat swab.Guidance for how to take a swab can be found in Microbiology User Manual
IP Acute TAT	24 hours
IP Routine TAT	24 hours
GP Acute TAT	24 hours
GP Routine TAT	24 hours