Queensland Health - Forensic and Scientific Services

Site

Forensic and Scientific Services

Accreditation No.

41

Site No.

13096

Date of Accreditation

26 Feb 1998

Address

Liaison Unit, 39 Kessels Road
Coopers Plains, QLD 4108
Australia

health.qld.gov.au/qhcss/qhss

Contact

Ms Tanya Kennedy P: +61 (07) 30962608

Availability

Services available to external clients

Supervision

GX (General)

Scope of Accreditation

Leptospirosis Laboratory

ISO 15189 (2022)

Human Pathology

Medicare expiry date

27 Feb 2025

Last Activity Date

08 Nov 2023

Service Product Determinant
Microbiology - Bacteriology - Detection of pathogenic bacteria Blood Leptospira spp.
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids (bacteria) Serum Leptospira spp.
Microbiology - Serology of infection - Microbial typing Serum Leptospiral agglutination test
Microbiology

ISO 15189 (2022)

Human Pathology

Medicare expiry date

27 Feb 2025

Last Activity Date

08 Nov 2023

Service Product Determinant
Microbiology - Bacteriology - Detection of pathogenic bacteria Aspirates; Bacterial isolates; Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Fluids; Sputum; Synovial fluid; Tissues Pathogenic identification and antibiotic susceptibility
Aspirates; Bacterial isolates; Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Fluids; Sputum; Synovial fluid; Tissues; Vomitus Pathogenic identification
Microbiology - Bacteriology - Public health investigation and/or monitoring of outbreaks of infection Blood; Body fluids; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Isolates; Sputum; Tissues; Vomitus Detection and characterisation of bacteria (including identification and typing)
Detection and characterisation of bacteria (including identification and typing)
Molecular Microbiology

ISO 15189 (2022)

Human Pathology

Medicare expiry date

27 Feb 2025

Last Activity Date

08 Nov 2023

Service Product Determinant
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Bioinformatic analysis DNA sequences Primary analysis - Conversion of instrument file to FASTQ or FASTA file; Secondary analysis - Alignment and variant calling; Tertiary analysis - Data annotation and interpretation
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids (bacteria) Bacterial isolates; Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Fluids; Sputum; Tissues; Vomitus Pathogenic identification and typing
Faeces Pathogenic identification and typing
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids by whole genome sequencing Bacterial isolates; Microbial nucleic acids Resistance
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Microbial DNA and/or RNA extraction Isolates Viable DNA for sequencing
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Microbial DNA and/or RNA sequencing Extracted DNA DNA sequence analysis
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Microbial genotyping Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Fluids; Isolates; Tissues; Vomitus Other microbes
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Microbial genotyping by whole genome sequencing studies Isolates Other microbes
Nasopharyngeal swabs; Oropharyngeal swabs; Swabs; Throat swabs Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID)
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Public health investigation and/or monitoring Bacterial isolates; Microbial nucleic acids Organism characterisation for patient management; Phylogenetic analysis
Faeces Detection and characterisation of organisms (including identification and typing)
Virology

ISO 15189 (2022)

Human Pathology

Medicare expiry date

27 Feb 2025

Last Activity Date

08 Nov 2023

Service Product Determinant
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids (bacteria) Bacterial isolates; Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs; General swabs; Tissues Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)
Bacterial isolates; Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs; Tissues Rickettsia genus-specific
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids (viruses) Aspirates; Bronchial washings; Cell culture; Faeces; Nasal swabs; Nasopharyngeal and throat swab; Nasopharyngeal aspirate; Nasopharyngeal swabs; Sputum; Throat swabsbronchial Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID)
Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs; Isolates; Serum; Tissues; Urine Hendra virus
Nipah virus
Henipah group
Hendra virus
Blood; Serum Arenavirus group
Bronchoalveolar lavage; Faeces; Respiratory specimens; Sputum Human coronavirus MERS ORF1a gene; Human coronavirus MERS UpE gene
Bronchoalveolar lavage; Faeces; Respiratory specimens; Sputum; Tissues Coronavirus Pan
Cell culture; Faeces; Nasal swabs; Nasopharyngeal and throat swab; Nasopharyngeal aspirate; Nasopharyngeal swabs; Sputum; Throat swabs Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs Enterovirus group
Enterovirus 71
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs; Faeces; Isolates Enterovirus; Enterovirus 71
Enterovirus D68
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Dry swabs; Isolates; Serum; Tissues; Urine Measles virus; Measles virus - Vaccine strain
Rubella virus
Rubella virus
Mumps virus
Measles virus
Mumps virus
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Faeces; Isolates; Serum; Tissues; Vomitus Mamastrovirus type 1; Mamastrovirus type 6
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Isolates; Saliva; Serum; Tissues Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV); Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) - Yellow belly strain
Lyssavirus group
Rabies virus
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Isolates; Serum Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Isolates; Serum; Tissues Zika virus - African strain; Zika virus - Pacific strain E gene
Dengue virus - Universal
Rotavirus
Yellow fever virus
Flavivirus group
Chikungunya virus - Mauritius strain
Kunjin virus
Dengue virus 3
Mayaro virus
Dengue virus 1
West Nile virus
Dengue virus​​​​
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Filovirus group
Dengue virus 4
Kokobera virus
Alphavirus
Zika virus - Pacific strain NS1 gene
Rift Valley fever virus
Dengue virus 2
Dry swabs; Faeces Adenovirus
Dry swabs; Isolates; Tissues Parapox virus
Molluscum contagiosum virus
Monkeypox virus; Orthopox virus group
Parapox virus
Orthopox virus group
Dry swabs; Tissues Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Faeces Astrovirus; Rotavirus
Sapovirus
Reovirus
Aichivirus
Faeces; Serum Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
Hantavirus
Hepatitis A virus (HAV)
Hantaan/Seoul virus
Puumula virus (PUUV)
Hepatitis A virus (HAV)
Faeces; Vomitus Norovirus G1; Norovirus G2
Isolates; Serum Alfuy virus (ALFV)
Isolates; Serum; Tissues Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHF)
Ross River virus E gene
Barmah forest virus
Rift Valley fever virus
Nasopharyngeal aspirate; Respiratory specimens Influenza A virus H1; Influenza A virus H5
Nasopharyngeal aspirate; Respiratory specimens; Sputum Influenza A virus H5; Influenza B virus
Influenza A virus H3
Nasopharyngeal swabs; Respiratory specimens; Sputum Influenza A virus H7 - 2013 China strain; Influenza A virus H7N9 - 2013 China strain; Influenza A virus N9 - 2013 China strain; Influenza B virus - Victoria lineage; Influenza B virus - Yamagata lineage
Influenza A virus H1 - 2009 pandemic strain
Microbiology - Serology of infection - Microbial antibody and/or antigen detection and/or quantitation Brain; Tissues; Viral culture cells Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Flavivirus IgM
Serum Flavivirus IgG; Flavivirus IgM
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid IgG antibody; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike IgG antibody; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID) IgG antibody; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID) IgM antibodySARS-CoV-2 Spike 1; SARS-CoV-2 Spike 2; SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein added as NSV 02/04/2024
Alphavirus IgG antibody; Alphavirus IgM antibody; Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV); Flavivirus; Hendra virus; Zika virus IgM antibody
Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV); Hantavirus; Hendra virus; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus); Rickettsia australis; Rickettsia typhi
Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Rabies virus
Microbiology - Serology of infection - Microbial typing Aspirates; Swabs; Washings Influenza virus typing
Microbiology - Virology - Detection of pathogenic viruses Aspirates; General swabs; Respiratory swabs and/or washings; Serum; Tissues Pathogenic identification of unknown viruses
Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); General swabs; Serum; Synovial fluid; Tissues; Urine Alphavirus
Flavivirus

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