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Terms and conditions
By sending us a sample and completed request form, external organisations ordering tests from us enter into an agreement based on:
Laboratory Services Terms and Conditions
Using OUH as a referral laboratory
When OUH Microbiology is used as a reference laboratory (either within the South 4 Pathology Partnership Network or externally), in order to fulfil the requirements of ISO15189:2022 we have made all relevant information available on this website.
Costings are commercially sensitive and can be provided on request from the laboratory manager. The OUH (referral laboratory) and the sender enter into a contract when the appropriate sample and accompanying request form are sent. A separate SLA is not required in these cases.
Private patients
For information about private patient testing, please contact us.
Email: microbiology.admin@ouh.nhs.uk
Consent
It is the responsibility of the requesting doctor to obtain appropriate informed consent for all investigations, including testing for blood-borne viruses.
Identifiers
It is essential that requests, forms, or samples are completed correctly with the minimum of three unique patient identifiers.
- Unique identification number e.g., hospital number or NHS number
- Surname / forename
- Date of birth
Samples received that do not have these three identifiers will not be processed.
Single or two identifiers may be accepted as long as there is a unique identifier number:
- GUM clinic numbers
- clinical trial patients
- chlamydia screening programme.
