The H&I laboratory is located on Level 1 of the Laboratory Medicine Building at Gartnavel General Hospital (GGH), Glasgow.
It offers a comprehensive range of molecular, serological and cellular tests which support solid organ transplantation (kidney and heart), haematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) transplantation, disease association testing and pharmacogenetic testing.
Contacting the Laboratory
Address
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory,
Gartnavel General Hospital,
Level 1, Laboratory Medicine Building,
21, Shelley Road,
Glasgow, G12 0ZD
Laboratory Enquiries
Opening Hours
Normal working hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am until 4.30pm
24 hour transplant on-call service
An on call service is provided to facilitate kidney and heart transplantation. Contact can be made via the Gartnavel General Hospital switchboard. Please ask for the on-call tissue typist.
A one in four on-call Consultant / Principal Clinical Scientist rota is shared with the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics service in Edinburgh. Scientists are contacted directly for virtual crossmatch queries, and indirectly via the on-call tissue-typist.
Deliveries, Parking and Visitors
- Deliveries – Routine samples are delivered to the Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory. Out of hours, urgent samples must be delivered to the sample drop box located at the front door to 21 Shelley Road when agreed in advance with the on call scientist. Entrance to the building for deliveries is obtained via intercom. Small goods may be delivered via the side entrance. If lift access is required, this must be requested via the laboratory.
- Parking – Parking is accessible in the nearby NHS car park (maximum 4 hours) or at a charged parking facility at the Leonardo Inn hotel.
- Visitors – Visitors are seen by appointment only.
Useful Links and Information
This site will allow you to access key departmental documents and useful information for both users and staff. We have included links to some useful web sites that you will find informative and useful. This site includes:
The Bacterial Respiratory Infections Service (BRIS) (Formerly known as the Scottish Haemophilus, Legionella, Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory (SHLMPRL)) was formed in 2009. Since November 2013, BRIS has been located within the New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. We are commissioned by National Services Division for Scotland, with clinical and scientific advice from Public Health Scotland (PHS).
The Bacterial Respiratory Infections Service provides a national reference service for the detection and characterisation of human Haemophilus influenzae, Legionella, Meningococcus, Pneumococcus and Group A Streptococcus infections, as well as associated environmental isolates. We perform Bordetella pertussis serology, Legionella urinary antigen testing, M.I.C testing and genomic detection of target organisms within clinical samples. The laboratory collaborates with Public Health Scotland (PHS) to provide data on the epidemiology of the aforementioned organisms in Scotland.
We are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) UKAS Medical 8514 (Accredited to ISO 15189:2012). If you would like more information regarding our schedule of accreditation and scope of service, you can find this on the UKAS website.
The Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratories are part of the Acute Services Division of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. We are based in the New Lister Building at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. SMiRL is comprised of five different laboratories that provide a specialist service for a number of different microorganisms. The SMiRL combined user manual can be accessed for further information about the services we provide. You can also use the links below to access the specific laboratory sections.
The Scottish Government have provided funding for a one year pilot of an Enterococcal Surveillance Service aiming to describe the genetic epidemiology of invasive E. faecium and resistant E. faecium and E. faecalis in Scotland. Scotland has a high prevalence of vancomycin resistance amongst invasive E. faecium isolates. To investigate the reasons for this, Boards are kindly requested to submit isolates as described in the below communications. Limited outbreak support continues to be available and it is hoped that an improved understanding of the background epidemiology will allow improved outbreak support in future. Please fill in the below request form when submitting isolates for this pilot study.
General Enquiries
If you require any assistance or advice, please contact us:
Tel: 0141 242 9633
Email: ggc.glasgowsmrl@nhs.scot
Please note, the generic email address should not not be used for urgent, clinical, or non-routine enquiries. Please phone the relevant laboratory section if you require a rapid response. If using the generic email address, please add the laboratory section you require into the subject field so that we can answer your enquiry promptly.
Laboratory Contact Numbers
- Bacterial Respiratory Infections Service (BRIS) (formerly SHLMPRL): 0141 242 9632
- Scottish Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reference Laboratory (SMRSARL): 0141 242 9633
- Enteric Bacterial Infections Service (EBIS) (formerly SSSCDRL): 0141 242 9633
- Scottish Antimicrobial Resistance Service (SAMRS): 0141 242 9633
- Diagnostic and Reference Parasitology Service (DPRS) (formerly SPDRL): 0141 242 9631
Address
5th Floor
New Lister Building
10-16 Alexandra Parade
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
G31 2ER
Contact Us
Feedback for the Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratories should be directed to the SMiRL Generic email address:
ggc.glasgowsmrl@nhs.scot
Clinical Leads
Bacterial Respiratory Infections Service (BRIS)
Prof. Andrew Smith
0141 956 0431
andrew.smith6@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Diagnostic and Reference Parasitology Service (DRPS)
Dr. Claire Alexander
Consultant Clinical Scientist
0141 242 9623
Claire.Alexander@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory (SMRSARL)
Prof. Alistair Leanord
Director
0141 242 9619
alistair.leanord@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Enteric Bacterial Infections Service (EBIS)
Prof. Alistair Leanord
Director
0141 242 9619
alistair.leanord@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Scottish Antimicrobial Resistance Service (SAMRS)
Prof. Alistair Leanord
Director
0141 242 9619
alistair.leanord@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
The Clinical Immunology Service provides assessment of patients with suspected immunodeficiency diseases and further management of primary immunodeficiency patients.
For information on our laboratory services, please see our home page.
Staff
- Consultant Clinical Immunologist – Dr Moira Thomas
- Clinical Nurse Specialists – Mary Brownlie, Hazel Millar
- Clinical Immunology secretary – post unfilled
- Telephone – 0141 451 6091
Location of the clinical activities
- Office and laboratory base – Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1st Floor Laboratories and Facilities Management Building, Govan Road, G51 4TF, Glasgow
- Immunology Clinic (Tuesday morning) – Clinic C, West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital, Dalnair Street, G3 8SJ, Glasgow
- Immunology day case activities (Wednesday morning)- ward 7A, Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, G12 0YN, Glasgow
- Joint adolescent immunology clinic – Royal Hospital for Children, Govan Road, G51 4TF, Glasgow
The Immunology and Neuroimmunology Department is committed to providing a quality diagnostic service (see Quality Policy) for the patients of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Scotland and external users where appropriate.
Patients and their clinicians can find information on our Clinical Immunology service on our dedicated page.
Information on all tests performed in the laboratory can be found in our handbook. For our current allergen testing, please see our specific IgE list. For data on variation in reported values, please see our uncertainty of measurement information.
For all urgent laboratory enquiries, please call the Duty Immunologist on 0141 347 (6) 8872.
Routine laboratory enquiries may be emailed to the team: immunology.labs@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
***** Newsflash *****
Please use electronic test requesting where available. Where this facility is not available, please complete a paper request form:
The laboratory services are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), laboratory number 9713. A full list of tests in scope can be found on our schedule of accreditation. Tests not on this list are not accredited; please contact the laboratory for further information if required.
Further details on our Clinical Immunology and Neuroimmunology services can be found on their respective webpages, see links below. Upon sending samples to the laboratory, please refer to our Terms and Conditions.
Our latest user survey results are now available.