Laboratory medical diagnostics at the MHH are carried out in the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Central Laboratory, partly in cooperation with various clinics.
MHH's virological and microbiological laboratory diagnostics are offered by the Institute of Virology (Clinical Virology)
and the Institute of Microbiology.
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Central Laboratory
Director:
Prof. Dr. med. Korbinian Brand
List of services
The list of services provides essential information on the range of analyses offered and describes the pre-analytical requirements (primary sample manual).
A separate table provides an overview of the reference ranges.
The diagnostic procedures are carried out at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Central Laboratory, partly in cooperation with various clinics:
Central Laboratory
Diagnostic availability
The physician/clinical chemist on duty can be contacted via our control center:
Tel. 0511-532-4070 (Mon-Fri 8 am - 3 pm).
Outside of the control center's staffing hours, the duty physician can be reached via the staffed Central Laboratory (Tel. 0511-532-2525).
The ISO15189accredited Central Laboratory of the MHH provides services for patient care in various functional areas, whose range of analyses and analytical availability are geared to the requirements of the hospital's inpatient and outpatient departments.
The Central Laboratory determines all clinical-chemical, hematological and hemostaseological parameters that are necessary for laboratory diagnostic questions in a hospital with a very high proportion of critically ill patients. Over 95% of the parameters are determined over 24 hours on the consolidated analytical platform. The range of services is supported by various special analytical tests and is continuously adapted to clinical requirements. Analyses with a patient-oriented care structure(POCT) are managed throughout the clinic to ensure the necessary quality control measures. The Central Laboratory makes a significant contribution to TDM (therapeutic drug monitoring) and is also responsible for the analysis required in cases of unclear poisoning and drug abuse with short response times. The laboratory also offers a wide range of analyses in the field of molecular biological diagnostics.
In 2023 , around 8 million analyses were carried out on patient samples.
Provision times for findings (in-house)
Imaging in SAP always takes place immediately after the results are released. For mapping in ALIDA, this only applies to urgent orders. Routine orders are only mapped in ALIDA when the order has been fully completed.
Depending on the analysis category, most results can be expected between 45 minutes and 3 hours after receipt of the sample in the laboratory. The processing of urgent orders is given priority over the processing of routine orders. In the case of samples that reach the routine laboratory after 11:00 a.m., it is possible that some of the order's measured variables will not be transmitted until the following working day.
Certain tests (in particular from special analysis) require a longer processing time or are not carried out daily.
Areas and contact persons
The Central Laboratory is divided into specialist sub-areas.
The relevant contact persons and their availability can be found here.
Further information:
List of services - Sample collection and shipment - important information for senders
Genetic diagnostics - Declaration of consent
Consent form (general) for requests for analyses
Consignment note-SW for requests for metabolic analyses
Consilschein-Häma for requests for hematologic and hemostaseologic analyses
Gastroenterology order form for requests for autoantibodies
Immunosuppressants - determination of Ciclosporin, Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Everolimus
Material submission forms: Cytology, leukemia diagnostics (internal), leukemia diagnostics (external)
Paracetamol: nomogram
Salicylate: Nomogram
Studies - Information on conducting studies