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 | Gradient strip minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) | Aerobic or facultative bacteria | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | mcr1 and mcr3 gene PCR | Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) confirmation | Enterobacterales | Details |
| Health Science | Antibiotic Reference Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) gene PCR and sequencing | Enterobacterales | Details |
| 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 | 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 |
| Health Science | Bloodborne Virus Laboratory | Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua | Urgent HIV Western Blot | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | Details |