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 […]
Awanui Labs has recently made an operational change to how we handle duplicate test requests and what this change may mean for you. Awanui Labs experiences a high degree of multiple requests for the same patients, a significant number of these requests are from different doctors within the same clinic. Currently when the patient presents […]
We are excited to confirm that our Kerikeri collection centre is relocating and the new premises will open on Monday 26 August.
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UPDATE 21 June 2024 – All collection centres have now reopened. Due to a massive power outage in Northland, all of our collection centres are currently closed. We will advise when they have reopened.
Coeliac disease is an immunological intestinal reaction to gluten in cereal causing the cells lining the small, intestine bowel to become damaged and inflamed. This is often found in people who are genetically predisposed to this condition. Coeliac disease in New ZealandAccording to international research, approximately 100,000 people across New Zealand have some form of coeliac […]
Northland Pathology changed their name to Awanui Labs on Wednesday 20 March. Moving to become Awanui Labs is a significant milestone for our organisation and represents the nationwide network we are part of. Our new name brings all eight laboratory brands from in our network, from Northland to Southland, together under a unified Aotearoa New […]
We are upgrading our Laboratory Information Systems. Here is how it will affect referrers. From 17 February 2024, Northland Pathology will be going live with upgrades to its Laboratory Information System (LIS). This is part of a nationwide initiative that will refresh our existing LIS. Not only does this upgrade make for a more robust […]