Test

TAT (90%)

Bacteriology

Acanthoamoeba

10-12 days

Blood culture*

2-6 days

Clostridium difficile testing

18 hours

CSF culture*

≤ 5 days

Enteric routine

2-4 days

Enteric single organism screen

2-4 days

Environmental monitoring

2-8 days

Fluid (normally sterile site) culture*

≤ 7 days

Genital swabs

1-3 days

Lower respiratory

2-4 days

Lower respiratory - CF Patients*

≤ 7 days

Microscopy (Urgent)

Same Day

MRSA Screening

1-2 days

Mycobacteria Culture

42-84 days

Mycology

7-21 days

Other bacterial investigation

2-4 days

Parasitology

1-2 days

Specific organism screen

2-4 days

STD screen

2-3 days

Tissue Samples culture*

7-10 days

Upper respiratory swabs

1-3 days

Urine

1-2 days

Wound swabs (routine)

Wound swabs (extended culture)*

2-4 days

≤ 7 days

Molecular

Chlamydia

≤ 5 days

Extended Respiratory panel PCR

5 days

Norovirus PCR (outbreak only)

≤ 3 days

Flu A/Flu B/RSV/SARS-Cov-2 Routine tests

24 hours

Flu A/Flu B/RSV/SARS-Cov-2 Urgent/Rapid tests

4-6 hours

Serology

Cytomegalovirus - CMV IgM

≤ 5 days

Epstein-Barr virus serology

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis A IgM

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis B - Anti-HBc

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis B - Anti-HBc IgM

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis B - Anti-HBe / HBe antigen

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis B - Anti-HBs

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis B surface Antigen

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis C antibody

≤ 5 days

Hepatitis D (delta) antibody    [Referred to Cambridge HPA]

≤ 5 days

Herpes simpex virus IgG    [Referred to Cambridge HPA]

≤ 7 days

HIV 1+2 antibody

≤ 5 days

Measles IgG \ IgM    [ IgM Referred to Cambridge HPA]

5-8 days

Mumps IgG \ IgM       [Referred to Cambridge HPA]

5-8 days

Parvovirus B19 IgG \ IgM (EIA)  [Referred to Cambridge HPA]

10-14 days

Rubella Ig

≤ 5 days

Streptococcal serology

7-10 days

Toxoplasma IgG

≤ 5 days

Treponema pallidum serology

≤ 5 days

Varicella zoster virus - VZV IgG (Urgent)

<1 day

Antenatal Screening

3-5 days