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| Specimen Collection Guide contains helpful information on the correct containers to use, correct storage temperatures for samples, labelling advice and more. |
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| Guide to selection of the appropriate tests. |
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Update on Haematology Pathology |
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Dr Nick Nicolaides 1928 – 2010
When Drs John Sullivan and Nick Nicolaides opened their pathology laboratory on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, in 1956, it was probably beyond their comprehension that their modest practice would evolve into Australia’s largest specialist pathology practice, becoming an international referral laboratory with 64 pathologists, more than 650 scientists and 2,500 staff, handling complex tests sent from as far away as London.
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| What's in a Nose? Spring is here and the year's peak season for nasopharyngeal secretions is behind us. These commonly maligned but useful substances can provide the discerning physician with a wealth of diagnostic information. However like all powerful diagnostic tools, they can provide just as much misinformation if tested inappropriately. This brief review will attempt to highlight what can and what should not be diagnosed from nasopharyngeal and nasal swabs and aspirates. |
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| Dr David Weedon, world-renowned dermatopathologist and head of SNP's Skin Pathology team, has just released the third edition of his pre-eminent reference and teaching text, Weedon's skin Pathology. Because of its excellence, 'Weedon' is used as a teaching text in the majority of dermatopathology training centres in the English-speaking world, and increasingly in Europe and elsewhere. |
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Interim report - prospective evaluation of pertussis serology update. . . .
The prospective evaluation of pertussis serology began earlier this year and continues in the middle of a significant outbreak of pertussis across the community.
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| Serum bone turnover markers CTX and P1NP are now routinely available. Assays for the serum bone markers CTX and P1NP are now reoutinely performed at Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology. CTX and P1NP are markers of bone resorption and bone formation respectively. |
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| Update for laboratory testing of H1N1 09 (Human Swine Influenza). |
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An important step towards understanding how oesophageal cancer develops has been made as a result of new research by SNP Surgical Pathologist, Dr Ian Brown.
His investigation of malignant tissue samples removed during surgery has identified as common certain cell changes seen in oesophageal cancer that were previously thought
to be rare. This is the first time this has been reported. |
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