Supply of Automated Molecular System(s) for PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA

⁠⁠⁠PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA (PathWest) operations based at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) and Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEII) provide diagnostic and screening microbiology molecular services for all PathWest metropolitan and branch laboratories in Western Australia. PathWest also receives samples from other referring laboratories (public and private) and agencies. The PathWest FSH and QEII laboratories utilise a range of manual and automated assay systems for the detection, identification and quantitation of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites as well as the determination of resistance and toxin markers.

The Microbiology Departments located at the FSH and QEII branches of PathWest each require an automated molecular system to consolidate the various platforms currently employed for the detection of the following bacteria/viruses:

* Chlamydia trachomatis (CT);
* Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG); and
* Human papillomavirus (HPV).