Our laboratories perform hundreds of thousands of specialist and routine investigations annually and provide a fully integrated consultant-led service for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of community and imported infections in the immuno-compromised host. 

The department collaborates between clinical research groups and academic partners at:

• Guy's, King's and St Thomas’ school of medicine
• The Institute of Psychiatry
• The School of Nursing and Midwifery
• Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Clinical Directorate, King's College London and King's Division of Biomedical Sciences.
• National Heart and Lung Institute

The Department's wide-ranging portfolio of diagnostic bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology tests includes a comprehensive molecular repertoire offering qualitative and quantitative PCR, real time PCR and pathogen genotyping that is fully responsive to the ever changing needs of our clinical colleagues.

The department is a UKAS‑accredited medical laboratory (No. 8460), accredited to ISO 15189:2022 for the tests and sites listed in the schedule of accreditation available on the UKAS website. 

Our laboratory user Handbook can be seen below