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.