Laboratory 2002-03 No. of Tests 2003-04 No. of Tests 2004-05 No. of Tests Food safety Microbiology laboratory Bacillus sp 11 4 41 C Botulinum toxin 7 12 6 C Botulinum culture 0 0 4 Clostridium sp 16 7 28 Listeria species 0 0 2 L monocytogenes 17 8 63 Staph aureus 62 0 0 Sub total cost £5,096 £5,783 £ 9,366 Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory Diphtheria antitoxin 5 7 4 Bartonella serology 130 59 126 Tetanus serology 7 12 28 Legionella pneumophila serology 1 0 0 Mycoplasma serology/culture 2 0 1 Haemophilus influenzae typing 46 50 21 Streptococcal typing / speciation 0 3 50 Sub total cost £7,937.75 £6,961 £9,937.74 Enteric, Respiratory and Neurological Virus laboratory Influenza strain typing 45 46 3 Poliovirus serology 4 7 6 SRSV PCR/NLV PCR 168 2 0 Parvovirus B19 55 70 43 Polyoma virus 42 125 124 Measles mumps rubella serology/PCR 18 154 189 Herpes B virus 94 5 0 Other virus PCR 0 0 19 Sub total cost £13,772 £11,964 £12,348 Laboratory of healthcare associated infection Species identification 77 65 53 Coagulase negative identification 9 0 3 Enterococcal identification 117 104 30 Staphylococcus phage type 90 119 2 Group A serodiagnosis 280 395 466 S aureus serodiagnosis 42 37 36 Gram negative typing 49 47 0 Exfoliative toxin testing 2 14 Molecular typing 11 31 141 Sub total cost £20,071 £21,997 £19,747 Antibiotic and resistance Monitoring Reference Laboratory Antibiotic resistance tests 217 242 143 Sub total cost £7,595 £8,470 £5,005 Laboratory of enteric pathogens E Coli serotyping 14 0 0 Yersinia serodiagnosis 157 99 71 Sub total cost £3,420 £2,018 £1,562 Sexually transmitted and Blood Borne Virus Laboratory Hepatitis 0 0 0 HSV serology 5 0 5 Anti HIV testing 0 0 33 HIV proviral DNA 0 0 1 HPV DNA/Typing 0 0 4 Sub total cost £75 0 £732 Leptospira reference Unit (Hereford PHL) Leptospira serology 117 76 104 Sub total cost £1,249 £743 £1,297 Total cost per annum £59,215 £57,936 £59,996 Annual payment from NSD £41,200 £57,042 £55,001 S2W-23436