Since Monday 31 March 2025, Awanui Labs has been experiencing instrumentation issues that have suspended HPV testing and reporting. While these issues caused delays, we can confirm that no patient results were affected during this time. From today, 15 April 2025, testing has resumed. Please note, due to the backlog, it may take approximately two […]
Some of our collection centres will have altered hours over the next few weeks, and a couple with changes to normal opening hours thereafter. Details can be found below: Kensington collection centre: Paihia collection centre: Kaikohe collection centre:
Due to unanticipated issues with one of our analysers, we are currently unable to provide testing through Awanui Auckland for some autoimmune and infectious serology tests. This will affect testing in both Awanui Auckland and Northland. To ensure quality results, we have elected to send the majority of testing to Awanui Wellington for the foreseeable […]
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All of our collection centres will be closed on Monday 27 January for the Auckland regional anniversary day and on Thursday 6 February for Waitangi day. (Photo credit: Aaron Mickan, Unsplash)
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Awanui Labs Northern Microbiology team wish to standardise requesting and laboratory processing for multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) screening prior to hospital admission. Please use this request form for any MDRO screening requests to ensure your patients get the right test at the right time. Please note that Candida auris and carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) screening is only […]
Awanui Labs is improving the delivery of patient results directly to referrers using Medtech Evolution across New Zealand. From 30 September, referrers who are using the Medtech Evolution system, can electronically receive their patient’s test results including blood, urine, histology and cytology results in real time as they are reported by the laboratories. Awanui Labs […]
– No repeat tests within nine months Repeat ANA/ENA requests: we will no longer do an ANA and/or ENA if one has already been done in the previous nine months Background: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing is useful in the diagnosis of systemic connective tissue diseases. A negative ANA test or a positive ANA with a […]
From Monday 2 September Paihia collection centre will have new opening hours: