Serological tests:

• HBsAg confirmation
• HBV markers (HBE/anti-e, anti-HBc IgM, anti-HBs
• HCV antibody confirmation
• HIV antibody confirmation
• HAV IgM and 1gG
• Rubella virus IgM and IgG
• Parvovirus IgM and IgG
• Measles virus IgM and IgG
• Mumps virus IgM and IgG
• CMV IgM and IgG
• EBV antibody
• Toxoplasma gondii IgG
• HSV IgG
• VZV IgM and IgG

Culture for the following viruses (or PCR if available):

• HSV
• VZV
• Enteroviruses
• Adenoviruses
• Respiratory viruses

Molecular tests:

• Influenza A (including H5) and B viruses
• Parainfluenzaviruses
• RSV
• HMPNV
• Adenoviruses quantitative
• Rhinoviruses
• Atyptical pneumonia organisms
• VZV
• HSV types 1&2
• HHV6/7
• BK/JC
• Enterovirues - and Paraecho
• Noroviruses
• HIV quantitative
• HBV quantitative
• HCV quantitative
• HCV genotyping
• EBV quantitative
• CMV quantitative
• Chlamydia trachmatis + GC
• GUM screens for T. pallidum, Haemopilus ducreyi, HSV

M tuberculosis complex Direct detection, characterisation, susceptibility testing and strain typing
 
Non tuberculous Mycobacteria Characterisation and susceptibility testing
 
Molecular detection of:

• Pneumococci
• Meningococci
• Bordetellae
• H Influenzae
• Legionellae
• MRSA
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the Liverpool epidemic strain of  Pseudomonas aeruginosa, recA PCR for B. cepacia complex
• Invasive fungi  PCP Aspergillus Candida
• Papillomaviruses
• Coronavirus (229E, NL63, OC43,HKU1)
• Bocavirus
• Other viral gastroenteritis viruses (Sapoviruses, Astroviruses etc)
• Burkholderia cepacia complex
• C.difficile ribotying
• HIV geno/resistance typing
• ESBL genotyping
• Staphylococcus aureus strain typing using PFG/MLVA Relationship with CFL

Molecular detection of high risk or deliberate release organism:

• VHF Viruses
• Smallpox virus
• Plasmodium species
• Bacilllus anthracis

Generic Procedures:

• 16S rDNA indentification of bacterial species
• Sequencing of other housekeeping genes as an aid to identification
• Application of other typing systems where need (e.g. PFGE)