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1. The Laboratory and outline of services
The Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory is a CPA accredited laboratory, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which is itself a centre of excellence for scientific research and postgraduate education. The Parasitology Laboratory provides a reference facility offering a wide range of parasitological investigations for enteric parasites, blood parasites, serology, entomology and technical advice on methodology and laboratory procedures.
The services above are offered to all hospitals, NHS and HPA laboratories, General Practitioners and private medical laboratories throughout the UK and abroad. The Parasitology Laboratory also has considerable expertise in the diagnosis of parasites of non-human primates and offers this service to veterinary practitioners.
Advice on the investigation of malaria and other parasitological diseases is always available; technical teaching sessions can also be arranged for small or large groups.
The laboratory processes around 2000 specimens annually, participates in the NEQAS quality assurance schemes for blood and faecal parasitology and has CPA accreditation.
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