Microbiology
The Microbiology department is based at New Cross Hospital.
It is UKAS accredited and provides a Microbiology diagnostic service for the hospitals, GPs and some other locations/ programmes/ services across the Black Country (including Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and West Birmingham).
The test repertoire offered includes faecal parasites, bacteriology, virology and fungal culture.
The team currently consists of over 120 staff, with a range of clerical, laboratory support staff and scientific staff.
Useful microbiological results are only obtained when an appropriately taken specimen, in the correct container, accompanied by a fully completed request form, reaches the laboratory as quickly as possible after collection.
Clinical advice on the investigation of infections may be obtained from the Consultant Microbiologists covering your area.
