Microbiology Services

Assessing the risks and improving the prevention of transfusion transmissible diseases

Find out more about the work of our teams in Microbiology Services

Epidemiology Unit

Monitoring infections in blood, tissue and organ donors, and in transfusion recipients, the unit collates and analyses data from the four UK blood services. We produce surveillance reports and inform/evaluate policy changes relating to infection risk.

Epidemiology

MSL – Bacteriology

Providing a world class routine and research & development bacteriology service focusing on the improvement of product and patient safety.

MSL Bacteriology

MSL - Virology

Microbiological Services Laboratory: our expert team carries out all microbiological confirmatory / reference testing for NHSBT.

MSL Virology