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TDL Update: October 2024

Tuesday, 27 August 2024

Stockholm3 test for risk evaluation of prostate cancer, Certificates of Attendance for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Updated Guide to Swabs – Culture and PCR, TDL Couriers in Uniform, TDL Myeloproliferative Neoplasm NGS Screening Panel, Ziwig Endotest® for Endometriosis, Update for Self-collect Testing

TDL Update: August 2024

Thursday, 08 August 2024

Stockholm3 test for risk evaluation of prostate cancer, Testing for Bordetella Pertussis (whooping cough) by PCR, Ziwig Endotest®, 2C19 Clopidogrel genetic test, LC MS Mass Spec Total Testosterone, Cardiovascular Risk – Apolipoprotein A1, Apolipoprotein B, Lipoprotein(a) with Lp-PLA2 (PLAC) test

TDL Update: June 2024

Thursday, 13 June 2024

2C19 Clopidogrel genetic test, Ziwig Endotest®, Stockholm3 test for Prostate Cancer, Cardiovascular Risk, TDL NIPT (Non-invasive Prenatal Testing), Laboratory testing for COVID-19, Digestive diagnostics

TDL Update: November 2023

Wednesday, 01 November 2023

Important Do's, Ziwig Endotest® for endometriosis, Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) update, HbA1c (GHB) results,Test request forms, Stool pots, Covid testing, Blood groups for babies less than 5 months old

TDL Update: Andrology reference values

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

TDL Andrology is updating its reference values to those now given in the most recent
WHO guidelines (2021).

TDL Update: May 2023

Friday, 19 May 2023

Test and service updates including: Gonorrhoea sensitivity testing; Swabs and fluids: types and codes; Discontinued tests; QFIT and Calprotectin.

Change in method from Jaffe to Enzymatic Creatinine

Thursday, 11 May 2023

To date, the Jaffe method has been used for measuring creatinine in all sample types. From 9th May the Jaffe method will be replaced by an alternative enzymatic method. 

Extended range of UKCA self-collection tests and sample kits

Friday, 07 October 2022

Many more doctors and practices are recognising the benefit in being able to offer self-collection kits to their patients. Blood, stool, urine, swabs, in various combinations, enable patients’ samples to be collected safely at home and to be sent to the laboratory for testing.

Change of service for Histopathology

Friday, 07 October 2022

TDL is now providing its own histopathology services. This important change will allow the service to be brought into TDL’s own laboratory group and will ensure reporting times are managed differently.