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Referral Test Referral Centre Results Available
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) Leeds            Teaching Hospitals Directly    reported   to clinicians
Pyruvate Kinase (PK) Synnovis
King’s College Hospital
Directly    reported   to clinicians
Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) Screening (PF4) Royal Hallamshire Directly    reported   to clinicians
Malaria Confirmation Liverpool    School    of Tropical Medicine Urgents within 24 hours 3 Days
Alpha 2 Antiplasmin Royal Hallamshire 6 weeks
Adamts13 Liverpool Royal Hospital Urgents within 24 hours 7 Days
Haptoglobin Pennine   Acute   Trust (NCA) 3 days
HIT Confirmation test NHSBT Filton Directly    reported   to clinicians
Free fetal DNA (cffDNA) NHSBT – Filton 14 days
Fetal genotyping NHSBT – Filton 7 working days
Cold agglutinins NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
RCI ABO/D and Antibody confirmation NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
RCI Crossmatch NHSBT – Liverpool 1 day
Antenatal Quantification/Titre NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) NHSBT – Filton 5 working days
Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia (NAIN) NHSBT – Filton 14 working days
Confirmation of IgA deficiency / antibodies NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
PF4 antibodies Bristol/ULCH
Paternal phenotyping NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
Quantification of Fetomaternal haemorrhage NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
Extended red blood cell phenotype NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
RCI Positive DAT NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
HLA Typing NHSBT – Barnsley 10 days
HNA Typing NHSBT – Barnsley 14 days
HPA Typing NHSBT – Filton 3 working days
Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDFN) NHSBT – Liverpool 5 working days
Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) NHSBT – Barnsley 30 working days
Post Transfusion Purpura (PTP) NHSBT – Filton 5 working days
Transfusion-associated Graft Versus Host Disease (TA-GvHD)

 

NHSBT – Barnsley

 

30 working days

Platelet refractoriness NHSBT – Barnsley 7 working days
3C Haematopoetic stem cell transplantation NHSBT 14 days
3B Organ transplantation NHSBT 14 days
3D Platelet immunology NHSBT 14 days
3E Granulocyte immunoloy NHSBT 14 days

 

(Last reviewed June 2025)