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User leaflet for new TPMT test

TPMT user Leaflet City Hospital 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New TPMT Test Now Up and Running

We have now changed to our new "TPMT Activity" test. All results sent to laboratories after 1st August will be and analysed and reported with the new test format.  Key features include:

  • Change in units to mU/L. The reference range for the new test is markedly different.
  • The new assay overcomes misleading very high TPMT results seen in some anaemic patients - see paper in Annals Clin Biochem.
  • New price - we have reduced the cost of the test from £29 to £26. This reflects savings inherent in the new assay and volume growth.
  • New test user leaflet - available here....
tpmt city hospital swbh assay

We have worked to ensure all users of our current TPMT service have been informed about the new test.

A copy of the letter notifying the change is downloadable here ...

 

Paper link: Barlow NL, Graham V, Berg JD. Expressing thiopurine S-methyltransferase activity as units per litre of whole-blood overcomes misleading high results in patients with anaemia, Ann Clin Biochem, ePub 1 July 2010

 

6-TGN Assay ... 6-MMP Now  Added

With increasing interest in checking the active metabolites of azathioprine we have now updated the user information leaflet for our Thiopurine metabolites assay. We now report 6-MMP as well as 6-TGN and the new leaflet explains how to interpret these additional results. The price for this service remains the same. All current users of this service have been written to explaining the reasons for developing this service.

About Us

The Pathology Department at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust serves a large population in Birmingham and the Black Country. Our main laboratory is situated close to Birmingham City Centre. We are a busy clinical department committed to offering our patients up to date pathology support of the highest standard. We also have specialist interests with assays being offered to the rest of the NHS.

These web pages offer information on the specialist assays that we offer, including information on turnaround times as well as the ability to download user information leaflets.

We put great importance on ensuring that we communicate with those that refer tests to us and this website is just one example of this.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like to know more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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