Serology
The Serology Laboratory, along with the Molecular Laboratory, provides an extensive clinical Virology service to hospitals and General Practitioners. We…
Virology
A comprehensive virology service is provided by the Newcastle Hospitals Microbiology Department. The service includes availability of Clinical Virology advice as…
Mycology
The Mycology section of the laboratory is based at the Freeman Hospital. It is part of the Microbiology and Virology services…
Mycobacteriology (TB)
The Regional Centre for Mycobacteria Tuberculosis is a severe respiratory disease (although other forms affecting kidneys and skin etc. can…
Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular diagnostics are increasingly used to guide patient management, from diagnosis to treatment, particularly in the fields of cancer, infectious…
Opening Hours
Microbiology and Virology services offers a 24/7 service. Microbiology core hours are: Monday – Friday: 8:30am to 8:00pm The department…
On-Call Service
IMPORTANT: Microbiology & Virology are based at Freeman Hospital and urgent samples from other sites require the sender to organise urgent…
Specimen Submission
Transport of specimens: GP Samples Samples are collected regularly from the GP surgeries by the Integrated Laboratory Medicine courier service…
Contact the Microbiology Team
Staffing of Microbiology and Virology Services The Microbiology and Virology Department are headed by a Consultant Head of Department and is…
Compliments or Complaints
Microbiology & Virology encourages everyone to send us their comments and complaints, as sometimes this is the only way we know…