The West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre (WoSSVC) is a United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accredited medical laboratory No. 9319. A full list of accredited tests can be found on our schedule of accreditation.
Please note users will be informed if an assay/result lies outside the laboratory’s scope of accreditation.
WoSSVC is located at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) and is part of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC).
Clinical advice and urgent testing: email west.ssvc2@nhs.scot during opening times or phone: 0141 242 9656 (internal 29656). Please note during busy times it is easier to email and a member of the clinical team will respond.
To add on tests please email west.ssvc2@nhs.scot with clinical details and tests required. The email is monitored during laboratory opening hours (we aim to reply to your email within 1 hour, however, at busy times this may not be possible).
Results are available on clinical portal, SCI Store, TrakCare and GPICE for NHSGGC patients if a patient’s CHI has been provided on the request form.
For out of hours clinical advice call the Switchboard on 0141 211 1000 (1000 internal) and ask for the on-call virologist.
Please contact ggc.virologystockrequests@ggc.scot.nhs.uk to request DBS kits and chlamydia swabs.
From the 1st of July 2024 WoSSVC will no longer be able to supply Molecular Sample Solution (MSS) tubes to users.
MSS swab collection kits can be ordered from PECOS, and the ordering details are as follows:
MSS swab collection kits SW0004 1 x 100 (NP866/21)
- Manufacturer – E + O Laboratories Limited
- SKU code/Item number – 279326 (reference SW0004)
- Pack Size – box of 100