Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Site

Sydney Processing Centre – Manufacturing

Accreditation No.

18808

Site No.

3363

Date of Accreditation

13 Mar 1992

Address

17 O'Riordan Street
Alexandria , NSW 2015
Australia

lifeblood.com.au

Contact

Mr Andrew Tracy P: +61 (03) 92520990

Availability

Services available to external clients

Supervision

Not Applicable

Scope of Accreditation

Sydney Processing Centre – Manufacturing

ISO 15189 (2022)

  • This facility complies with the relevant National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) requirements.

Human Pathology

Service Product Determinant
Chemical pathology - Investigation and determination of hepatic, cardiac, bone, skeletal muscle and other profiles and metabolic studies Serum Protein - Total
Ferritin
Haematology - Full blood examination Blood Differential number; Erythrocyte count (red blood cell count, RBCC); Haematocrit (packed cell volume, PCV); Haemoglobin (Hb); Leucocyte count (white blood cell count, WBCC); Platelet count; Red blood cell index or indices
Morphology
Immunohaematology - Blood group antibody detection Blood; Plasma; Serum Duffy system; Kell system; M and N factors; Other blood group systems; Rh phenotypes
Immunohaematology - Blood grouping Blood; Plasma; Serum ABO; RhD
Immunohaematology - Identification and quantitation of blood group antibodies Blood; Plasma; Serum Red blood cell phenotyping
High titre anti-A and anti-B screening
Immunopathology - Quantitative and/or qualitative investigation of proteins Serum Detection and amount of paraproteins
Albumin; α1-Globulin; α2-Globulin; β-Globulin; β1-Globulin; γ-Globulin
Immunopathology - Quantitative investigations of immunoglobulins and immunoglobulins subclasses Serum Total immunoglobulin A; Total immunoglobulin G; Total immunoglobulin M
Microbiology - Bacteriology - Detection of pathogenic bacteria Blood; Cord blood; Plasma; Platelet concentrates; Red cell concentrates Bacteria; Pathogenic microorganisms
Microbiology - Molecular biology - Detection, characterisation and/or quantitation of microbial nucleic acids (viruses) Cadaveric donor Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA; Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) RNA
Plasma Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA; Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) RNA
Plasma; Serum Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA; Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA; Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) RNA
Microbiology - Serology of infection - Microbial antibody and/or antigen detection and/or quantitation Cadaveric blood Hepatitis B virus core antibody (anti-HBc) - Total
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBs Ag); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Human T-lymphotropic virus type I/II (HTLV-I/II); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) p24 antigen; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1/2 (HIV-1/2) 1/2 antibodies; Syphilis Treponema pallidum antibody
Plasma Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Human T-lymphotropic virus type I/II (HTLV-I/II)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) p24 antigen; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1/2 (HIV-1/2) 1/2 antibodies
Plasmodium falciparum antibody; Plasmodium vivax antibody
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Plasma; Serum Cytomegalovirus (CMV); Hepatitis B virus core antibody (anti-HBc) - Total; Hepatitis B virus surface antibody (anti-HBs)
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBs Ag); Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBs Ag) neutralisation; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Human T-lymphotropic virus type I/II (HTLV-I/II); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) p24 antigen; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1/2 (HIV-1/2) 1/2 antibodies; Syphilis Treponema pallidum antibody

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