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November 2005

The following SOPs have been issued this month

BSOP ID 6 - Investigation of Neisseria species

VSOP 6 - Hepatitis, Jaundice and Abnormal LFTs

QSOP 55 - Investigation of vesicular rashes

QSOP 58 - Presumptive diagnosis of Enterobacter sakazaki i infection associated with powdwered infant formula

F21 - Detection of Campylobacter species

September 2005

The following SOPs have been issued this month:

QSOP 57 - The Microbiological Examination of Water Samples

F 13 - Detection of Salmonella species

August 2005

The following SOPs have been issued this month:

BSOP 37 - Investigation of blood cultures (for organisms other than Mycobacterium species)

BSOP 58 - Screening swabs for Group B Streptococcal Carriage

BSOP TP 10 - Coagulase test

VSOP 5 - Hepatitis C virus serology

VSOP 11 - Anti-HIV algorithm

July 2005

The following SOPs have been issued this month:

MSOP 51 - Mannitol selenite broth
MSOP 52 - Clostridium difficile cefoxitin-cycloserine agar

VSOP 6.2 - Hepatitis A virus acute infection serology
VSOP 20 - Nucleic acid extraction
VSOP 23 - Investigation of human herpes viruses (excluding herpes genitalis)
VSOP 33 - Pregnant patient in contact with rash illness

June 2005

Standards Unit launch new website

The Standards Unit has launched a brand new website, we are hoping this site will be a lot more user friendly. If you have any comments, please

March 2005

National Standard Methods translated into Italian

Our National Standard Methods have been translated into Italian, please click here to view