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PHE's public health laboratories provide routine and enhanced molecular diagnostic services to NHS trusts.
The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) FW&E laboratories protect the public from significant health threats associated with food, water and environmental hazards.
The London laboratory provides public health microbiology services to communicable disease control consultants in local health protection units.
A range of tests are available from the majority of PHE regional clinical microbiology laboratories.
Specialist reference laboratory services for mycobacteriology available in the UK.
The Agency carried out animal disease surveillance, diagnostic services and veterinary scientific research for government and commercial organisations. It was merged with Animal Health in 2011 to form the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
UK Health Security Agency's laboratories provide a comprehensive range of microbiological tests and services.
Information for clinical diagnostic laboratories regarding safety, sampling and packaging specimens associated with COVID-19.
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