Awanui Labs has been issued with a strike notice from the APEX union of intended action by its members for Tuesday 25 March, Wednesday 26 March and Thursday 27 March 2025. There will be a reduction of services on these dates. Our Wairarapa and Hutt hospital laboratory operations are unaffected by the strike (with the […]
The new urine collection container now available, has a pouring lip which will assist in transferring the urine into the tube (see below). This change will reduce the amount of plastic used and manual handling done in laboratory for processing urine samples on our analysers. Urine samples must be collected in the correct specimen container […]
The provision of clinical details for urine specimens collected for investigation of urinary tract infection or red cell count monitoring is critical to ensure samples are processed optimally. Since the 28 January, clinical details have been mandatory and samples have not been processed until clinical details have been provided. From 3 March, 2025 urine culture requests […]
Awanui Labs is working together with the University of Otago to investigate the rising trend in vitamin D testing across various medical laboratories in New Zealand and propose effective strategies to manage this increased demand. If you participate, what will you be asked to do? If you decide to participate we’d appreciate you completing a […]
All of our collection centres will be closed on Thursday 6 February for Waitangi day.
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When Wellington SCL was established, referrers had the option to receive both electronic (HL7) and paper copies of laboratory results, and many chose to receive results in both formats. This policy has been reviewed as we believe that paper copies have become outdated and are no longer necessary for the majority of referrers. Electronic result […]
All collection centres will be closed on Monday 20 January for the anniversary day public holiday. Enjoy the long weekend.
At Awanui Labs, we are committed to providing efficient, high-quality diagnostic services to our communities. To maintain this commitment, we must make sure we operate our service in a sustainable way. In the greater Wellington region, Awanui Labs are currently providing additional services to the community which we are not funded to provide. For example, […]