- Introduction
- Health assistance activities and schedules
- Departments
  - Clinical Biochemistry:
         - Technological equipment
         - Studies undertaken
  - Haematology and Hemotherapy:
        - Technological equipment
        - Studies undertaken
  - Clinical Microbiology:
        - Technological equipment
        - Studies undertaken
               - Bacteriology
               - Mycobacteriology
               - Mycology
               - Parasitology
               - Serology of infectious diseases
  - Immunology:
       - Technological equipment
       - Studies undertaken
  - Other

- Human Resources
   - Clinical Analyses and Microbiology
   - Haematology and Hemotherapy

The laboratory is made up of 4 departments:
Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology - Hemotherapy, Microbiology and Immunology.

It is equipped with the most advanced facilities connected on-line to the laboratory’s own network, connected in turn with the Clinic’s central computer.

This type of connection offers security in the reception of the patient’s demographic data, in the unequivocal identification of samples, and in the issuance of results.

Internal quality control is performed daily on several levels, and the system participates in the external quality control programs of the Spanish Scientific Society of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology. Compliant with ISO 9001: 2000

Schedules for laboratory sample-taking are:

- Urgent requests (from ICU, Operating rooms, Wards   Emergency, etc) 24 hours a day everyday.

- Programmed requests (from wards, ICU, etc) From 8:00 to   9:30 in the morning, 12:00 noon and 18:00.
  From Monday to Friday.

- Outpatient requests
   From 8:00 to 10:30
   From Monday to Friday (except holidays)

Equipment:
- Vitros 250 and Vitros 950 automatic analysers
- Hydrasis electrophoresis equipment
- Behring nephelometre
- Triagen Meter Plus
- Vapro osmometre
- Phase contrast microscope and polarizing fluorescence   microscope (Olympus and Microlux).
- Jovan refrigerated centrifuge and Selecta Medifriger centrifuge

Studies undertaken:
- General biochemistry (blood and urine).
- Special biochemistry (blood and urine).
- Biochemistry of body liquids (pleural, sinovial, peritoneal,
cephalo-rachidian.)
- Specific protein determination.
- Drug surveillance.
- Urinary sediment and body liquid microscopy.

Equipment:
- Sysmex (SF-3000) blood counter
- XT 2000 i blood counter.
- 2 ACL 3000 and ACL 7000 automatic coagulation analysers
- Thermostatic bath.
- Refrigerators and freezers.

Studies undertaken:
- Blood counts of all populations.
- Measurement of Globular Sedimentation Rate.
- Coagulation tests.
- Haematology consultations.
- Cytological diagnoses in peripheral blood.
- Anticoagulated patient surveillance.
- Blood typing.
- Blood type phenotyping.
- Anaemia studies.
- Bone marrow and haematopoietic tissue studies.
- Programmed and urgent blood, plasma and platelet transfusions.
- Antibody phenotyping and determination.

Equipment:
- Optical microscope.
- Dark-field microscope.
- Fluorescence microscope.
- Automatic incubation system for blood cultures (Bact-alert).
- Laminar flow system (Telstar).
- Conventional ovens.
- Incubation systems for special atmospheres
  (Co2, anaerobic and microaerophilic atmospheres).
- Automatic system for bacterial identification and antibiograms   (VITEK 32).

Studies undertaken:

BACTERIOLOGY
- Microscopic studies on fresh samples and using tinctions.
- Bacterial antigen detection.
- Contaminated and sterile sample cultures in anaerobiosis.
- Body liquid cultures.
- Legionella cultures.
- Manual and automatic identification of aerobic bacteria.
- Manual and automatic identification of anaerobic bacteria.
- Antibiogram of aerobic bacteria.
- Antibiogram of anaerobic bacteria.

MYCOBACTERIOLOGY
- Microscopic examination with Zhiel - Neelsen and similar   tinctions.
- Mycobacterial cultures in sterile samples.
- Mycobacterial cultures in contaminated samples.
- Antibiogram of mycobacteria.
- Molecular biology techniques (PCR).

MYCOLOGY
- Chinese ink.
- Fungi cultures.
- Manual and automatic yeast identification.
- Manual identification of filamentous fungi.
- Antifungigrams.
- Molecular biology techniques (PCR).

PARASITOLOGY
- Examination of fresh samples (faeces, vaginal exudates.)
- Giemsa tinctions (blood and tissue parasites).
- Sedimentation test (intestinal parasites).
- Graham test (oxyuris).
- Cryptosporidium-Isospora tinctions.

SEROLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
- Hepatitis A: IgM
- Hepatitis B: AntIgens, antibodies and viral DNA.
- Hepatitis C: Screening, confirmation and viral load.
- HIV: Screening and confirmation.
- HIV: Proviral DNA and viral load.
- HIV: Other tests
- Lues serology in serum and CRL: Screening and confirmation
- Brucella: Bengal rose and antibodies.
- Epstein - Barr: Paul - Bunell and antibodies.
- Cytomegalovirus: IgG, IgM and DNA.
- Coxiella burnetti: IgG and IgM
- Chlamydia pneumoniae: IgG and IgM
- Herpes simplex: I and II: IgG and IgM
- Legionella pneumophila: IgG and IgM.
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae: IgG and IgM
- Rubeola: IgG and IgM
- Toxoplasma: IgG and IgM
- Other tests upon request.

Diagnostic equipment:
- Automatic EIA system (Axsym).

Studies undertaken:
- Infectious serology.
- Hormones.
- Markers.

Masculine fertility studies (seminogram).

The laboratory has 6 Higher Supervisory Specialists, 2 in Clinical Analyses, 1 in Microbiology and 3 in Haematology.

Clinical Analysis and Microbiology Laboratory.

- Alfonso Sanchez-Sarachaga Rodríguez
(Clinical Analysis Laboratory Head)
- Mª Dolores García Reneses (Associate in Charge of Quality)
- Josefa Serralta Buades (Head of Microbiology Laboratory)
- Rita Reos Ribes (Laboratory Specialist)
- Mila Sirvent Escoda (Laboratory Specialist)
- Laura Moreno Tijada (Laboratory Specialist)
- Mayte Sellés Picó (Laboratory Specialist)
- Natalia Martínez Scott (Clinical Aide)
- Alfonso Sanchez-Sarachaga Garcia (Clinical Aide)

Haematology and Hemotherapy.

The Blood Bank has a team of haematologists responsible for all types of haematological studies as well as processing of blood transfusions.

- Eduardo Burguero Barrachina (Hemotherapy Unit In-charge)
- Guillermo Cañigral Ferrando (Hemotherapy In-charge)
- María Guinot Martínez (Haematologist)
- Natasha Louis Belle (Nurse)
- Carolina Sanchez Serrano (Nurse)
- Juana Serrano Martínez (Nurse)