Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Laboratory medicine provides a high quality, cost-effective service to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, GPs and community hospitals within Birmingham and Solihull and is a referral centre for specialist services for other local; national Trusts and international users.

News

  • Emicizumab Assay

    The Emicizumab assay is now performed in special coagulation at QEHB. Samples are no longer referred to Birmingham Children's Hospital. 

    Emicizumab (or Hemlibra) is a monoclonal antibody that mimics the function of factor VIII by bridging activated factor IX and factor X to restore the function of missing activated factor VIII, which is needed for haemostasis.

     

    How HEMLIBRA® (emicizumab-kxwh) Works

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  • Update to ADAMTS13 Activity, HIT and vW:CBA Assays

    ADAMTS13 Activity, HIT Screens and Collagen Binding (vW:CBA) Assays are now performed by automated chemiluminescent immunoassay on the Acustar analsyer.

    Please see individual test information for updated reference ranges.

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  • Haematology and Transfusion Department transition to one UKAS number 8784

    The Haematology and Transfusion departments at UHB have now transitioned from 8217 and 8784 to one UKAS number 8784 covering all UHB Haematology sites including Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

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  • Change to Haematology Reference Ranges

    Following an exercise to re-assess the reference ranges for FBC parameters, these will be changing on Monday 7th November 2022. These will be updated in Clinical Portal, PICS and ICE. Please click Here for current reference ranges.

     

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Site specific information

Queen Elizabeth pathology services are are based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital - University Hospitals Birmingham - Edgbaston. The laboratories are part of a wider laboratory grouping for University Hospitals Birmingham, which includes laboratories from Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital (HGS Laboratories). All laboratories are ISO 15189 accreditated for their listed repertoire, unless otherwise noted. Site specific information can be accessed below.

Heartlands Hospital Birmingham

Heartlands / Solihull / Good Hope

Laboratory information

Queen Elizabeth Hospitals

Laboratory Information
Site Specific Information

General Information

General information about the website and its content

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Location of Laboratories

Where the laboratories are located and information about the services offered at each laboratory

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Protection of Personal Information – Pathology Laboratories Services comply with the Trust Data Protection Policy and have procedures in place to allow the Directorate and it’s employees to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and associated best practice and guidance.

The laboratories at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital form part of the services provided by University Hospitals Birmingham and are UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the ISO 15189:2012 standard. Laboratories are currently transitioning across to ISO 15189:2022 standard. For a list of accredited tests and other information please visit the UKAS website using the following link: https://www.ukas.com/find-an-organisation/ 

  • Molecular Pathology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8759
  • Biochemistry is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8910
  • Haematology and Transfusion is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8784
  • Clinical Microbiology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8760
  • Cellular Pathology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 10141
  • United Kingdom Health Security Agency laboratory is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No.8213

Tests not appearing on the UKAS Schedule of Accreditation currently remain outside of our scope of accreditation. However, these tests have been validated to the same high standard as accredited tests and are performed by the same trained and competent staff.

For further test information, please visit the test database: https://qehbpathology.uk/test-database 

For further information contact Louise Fallon, Quality Manager, 0121 371 5962/ 0121 424 1235