Specialist Testing
For in depth details of our laboratory testing services, use the searchable table below. Alternatively, check out our testing services listed under the Services tab at the top of this page.
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| Area | Lab name | Lab location | Test name | Organisms | Link |
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| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | IMP, VIM, NDM, SIM, GES and IMI-carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | KPC carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacterales | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | mecA gene PCR | Staphylococci with borderline oxacillin susceptibility | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-23-like, OXA-40-like, OXA-58-like and OXA-51-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | OXA-48-like carbapenemase gene PCR | Enterobacterales | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase gene PCR | Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp and Salmonella spp | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Reference minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) | Aerobic or facultative bacteria | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | vanA, vanB, vanC, vanD, vanE, vanG, vanN gene PCR | Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Vancomycin-intermediate resistance in Staphylococcus aureus | S. aureus | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Molecular typing by DNA macrorestriction analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) | Nosocomial pathogens | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | spa typing | Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene PCR | Staphylococcus aureus | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Staphylococcal enterotoxins A-E gene PCR | Staphylococcus aureus | Details |
| Health Science | Nosocomial Infections Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Staphylococcal exfoliative toxins A and B gene PCR | Staphylococcus aureus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Confirmation | Hepatitis B virus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | HBV DNA viral load | Hepatitis B virus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Anti-HCV confirmation | Hepatitis C virus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | HCV RNA PCR (quantitative) | Hepatitis C virus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Hepatitis D Antibodies (total) | Hepatitis D virus | Details |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | HIV-1 and HIV-2 confirmation | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | Details |