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1 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service High Street, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 4UN, UK ccredited to Royal lexandria Hospital Corsebar Road Paisley P2 9PN Contact: Martin Wight Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) Website: Laboratory locations: below s covered by the organisation and their relevant activities details ctivity code ddress Local contact Royal lexandria Hospital Corsebar Road Paisley P2 9PN Contact: Martin Wight Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) martinwight@nhs.net Haematology and Blood Transfusion Site activities performed away from the locations listed above: details ctivity code Inverclyde Hospital Larkfield Road Greenock P16 0XN Haematology and Blood Transfusion B Vale of Leven Hospital Main Street lexandria G83 0U Haematology and Blood Transfusion C Blood fridge Cowell Hospital Dunoon Blood storage only Fridge managed by laboratory D Blood Fridge Victoria Hospital Rothesay Blood storage only Fridge managed by laboratory E ssessment Manager: CM 1 of 6

2 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service ccredited to DETIL OF CCREDITTION HUMN BODY FLUIDS Blood Transfusion examinations to assist in clinical investigations Venous Blood; red cells Blood Grouping by antigen detection B and O groups Rhesus groups, anitigens-; C w, C, c, D, E, e, Kell blood grouping system, antigens: K, k, Kp a, Kidd blood grouping system, antigens: - Jk a, Jk b, Duffy blood grouping system, antigens:- Fy a, Fy b, Lutheran blood grouping system, antigens: Lu a, MNS blood grouping system, antigens: M, N, S, s, Lewis blood grouping system, antigens: Le a,le b, P blood grouping system, antigen;- P 1 : SOPs :EP-RBTR-001 Biorad, IH 1000 BT analyser and associated testing protocols fully automated Biorad cassette Manual procedures by Biorad SOP: EP-CBTR-009 using nalyser and associated testing protocols fully automated Diamed cassette Manual procedures by Diamed cassette SOP: EP-CBTR-001 using Rapid manual procedures by slide technology-red cell agglutination, macroscopic visual detection ssessment Manager: CM Page 2 of 6

3 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service ccredited to Venous Blood; plasma Blood Transfusion examinations to assist in clinical investigations (cont d) Detection and quantification of the following ntibodies Rhesus blood group anti-c w, anti-c, antic, anti-d, anti-e, antie, Kell system blood group anti-k, anti-k, anti- Kp a, SOP: EP-RBTR-001 using Biorad, IH 1000 BT analyser and associated testing protocols including Direct HG fully automated Biorad cassette Manual procedures by Biorad Kidd blood group anti-jk a, anti-jk b, Duffy blood group anti-fy a, anti-fy b, Lutheran blood group anti-lu a, SOP: EP-CBTR-009 using nalyser and associated testing protocols including Direct HG fully automated Diamed cassette Manual procedures by Diamed cassette MNS blood group anti-m, anti-n, anti-s, anti-s, Lewis blood group anti-le a, anti-le b, P blood group anti-p 1 SOP: EP-CBTR-001 using Rapid manual procedures by slide technology-red cell agglutination, macroscopic visual detection ssessment Manager: CM Page 3 of 6

4 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service ccredited to Venous Blood; plasma Blood Transfusion examinations to assist in clinical investigations (cont d) Compatibility testing;- Compatibility testing of patients plasma with donor cells SOP: EP-RBTR-001 using Biorad, IH 1000 BT analyser and associated testing protocols including Direct HG fully automated Biorad cassette Manual procedures by Biorad SOP: EP CBTR 009 using nalyser and associated testing protocols including Direct HG fully automated Diamed cassette Manual procedures by Diamed Venous Blood; plasma Quantification of the following antibodies Rhesus: anti-c w, anti-c, anti-c, anti-d, anti-e, anti-e, Kell system: anti-k, anti-k, anti-kp a, Kidd: anti-jk a, anti-jk b, Duffy: anti-fy a, anti-fy b, SOP: EP-RBTR-001 using by serial dilution of plasma followed by gglutination detection by Biorad, IH 1000 BT analyser cassette technology Key SOP: EP-CBTR-009 using nalyser cassette technology Venous Whole Blood Kleihauer for foetal/maternal bleed estimation reported as ml foetal red cells in maternal circulation SOP ;EP-CBTR-008 using Kleihauer testing by acid elution technique followed by microscopy, B ssessment Manager: CM Page 4 of 6

5 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service ccredited to Venous whole blood: EDT Haematological examinations to assist in clinical diagnosis Full Blood Counts Haemoglobin estimation Red cell and platelet counts Haematocrit Differential white cell count and reticulocytes MCV MCH MCHC SOP;-LP-RHE-001 for Sysmex XN on the bbott track system Sysmex X series Haematology nalysers Model;-XN- SOP;EP-RHE-001 Model;-XT- SOP;EP-IHE-001 Model;-XS- SOP;EP-VHE-001 By Calculation B C Blood Film reporting of normal and abnormal morphologies including WBC Diff SOP EP-CHE-001 May-Grunwald staining on methanol fixed blood smears by Sysmex XN Manual methods Diff Quick stain Malarial Parasite detection and speciation 1) SOP EP-CHE-005 ntigen testing with Binax Now kit P.falciparum P.vivax P.ovale P.malarie 2) SOP EP-CHE-005 Microscopic detection by Thin film - May-Grunwald staining on methanol fixed blood smears by Sysmex XN 3) SOP EP-CHE-005 Thin Film by Fields stain 4) SOP EP-CHE-005 Thick film by ClinTech Giemsa MP staining kit ssessment Manager: CM Page 5 of 6

6 Schedule of ccreditation ccreditation Service ccredited to Venous whole blood: EDT Haematological examinations to assist in clinical diagnosis (cont d) Venous whole blood :EDT Bone Marrow Detection of Normal and abnormal morphologies SOPEP-CHE-008 May-Grunwald/Giemsa staining and Perl s Prussian Blue staining of methanol fixed marrow smears Venous whole blood :EDT Quantification of Haemoglobin S SOPEP-CHE-004 Detection of decreased solubility of haemoglobin S with Sickledex kit Venous Blood: Citrated Coagulation Prothrombin time ctivated Partial Thromboplastic Time Fibrinogen estimation Using CL TOPS blood coagulation analysers using optical clot detection SOPs;- EP-CHE-009 CL Top 700 and CL Top 500, B Thrombin Time including correction with protamine sulphate D Dimer CL Top 300 C END ssessment Manager: CM Page 6 of 6

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