From today, Viapath's Drugs of Abuse Laboratory becomes one of the first laboratories in the UK to perform routine drugs of abuse testing using high resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) technology.
Viapath are delighted to have won the contract to provide pathology services to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) following a competitive OJEU tender process.
Recognised by his peers for his significant contribution to scientific teaching, Viapath's Dr Guy Orchard was awarded "The Leica Award for Leadership in Teaching" by the National Society for Histotechnology in Washington DC.
Screening 100,000 babies for Sickle Cell Disease - Lead Scientist in Special Haematology, Dr Yvonne Daniel, returns from a trip to Tanzania where she helped to deliver training for this ambitious screening programme.
Patients who present at St. Thomas' A&E Department and have a blood test will now also be screened for the HIV virus, making St. Thomas' the first hospital in the UK to routinely do so.
