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The Meningococcal Reference Unit User Manual and a copy of the request form are available from the PHE website.
The total workload is approximately 16,000 specimens per annum
Contact details
| Name | External Numbers | Internal Numbers |
| Prof Ray Borrow Head of Unit |
(0161) 276 8850 | 68850 |
| Xilian Bai and Jay Lucidarme Lead BMS |
(0161) 276 6757 | 66757 |
| Enquiries | (0161) 276 8788 | 68788 |
| Hospital Switchboard | (0161) 276 1234 | 61234 |
Laboratory opening hours
The laboratory is open:
Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Answerphone message redirection for Saturday am and urgent clinical enquiries
If a delivery is expected to arrive after 5.30pm, Monday – Friday, at weekends, or on Bank Holidays, it should be left at the MFT Autolab reception (ground floor of Clinical Sciences Building 2). Out of hours access to the Clinical Sciences Centre is granted to couriers via the security intercom. The entrance is situated at the North entrance of the Clinical Sciences Building 2.
(If entering the MRI site from Hathersage Road, it is on the left after passing under the link bridge)
(Last reviewed June 2021)