New Prices for Trace Elements Service.....

Growth in workload and new equipment has enabled us to re-cost our Trace Element services. We are now able to pass on savings with new prices from 1st January 2013. These are as follows.

Trace Elements

Target Turn round

(working days)

Cost from

Jan 2013

Aluminium

2-5

£25.00

Arsenic

2-5

£20.00

Cadmium

2-5

£20.00

Chromium

1-2

£20.00

Cobalt

1-2

£20.00

Chromium & Cobalt

1-2

£28.00

Copper

2–3

£20.00

Lead

2–3

£20.00

Manganese

2–5

£20.00

Mercury

2–5

£20.00

Nickel

2–5

£20.00

Selenium, Copper & Zinc

1-2

£12.00 each

Toxic Metals Screen

1-2

£100.00

Other Metals

2–5

£20.00

Oral Fluid Drug Testing Services

We are pleased to announce our enhanced oral fluid drugs of abuse screen and confirmation service. This includes:

LC-MS/MS screen and confirmation all in one
Low limits of detection for this clinical service
Detection of newer street 'drugs' including 4-MEC (NRG-2), meow meow (mephedrone), bath salts (MDVP)m Khat (cathinone) and more.

For further information please see our oral fluid drugs of abuse test page where you can also download our user information leaflet click here....

Ethylene Glycol and Diethylene Glycol

Our Toxicology Laboratory offers a service for plasma ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. During working hours turn round is 2 hours. Out of normal working hours and at weekends we try and provide a service but this depends on staff availability, you can discuss these requirements with the Consultant Biochemist On-Call through the SWBH Switchboard (Tel: 0121 554 3801). Further details including downloadable address label...

Vitamin D Dried Blood Spot Public Service

Our direct to the public service for serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D based on dried blood spots has been running since July 2011. This service is available to UK and overseas members of the public click here....

Vitamin D on my iphone

If you would like to undertake the test please click here......

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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