Central Laboratory Services – via our Sydney, Australia laboratory
The Sonic Clinical Trials (SCT) laboratory is fully accredited for medical testing by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) Australia, in conjunction with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, in accordance with ISO 15189 (AS 4633). The culture at Sonic Clinical Trials revolves around technical expertise, service, quality and efficiency.
Sonic is committed to the maintenance of uncompromising ethical standards in all our business and medical interactions. Our clinical trial central laboratory has been able to develop its systems and services, over the years, to match its growth and remain at the cutting edge of pathology technology, logistics and efficiency. Using a powerful and sophisticated clinical trials and laboratory information management system that is customised and validated for the provision of central laboratory services in clinical trials, SCT has been able to pioneer applications, systems and work practices which place the clinical trials team at the forefront of pathology and central laboratory services. As a result of these attributes, SCT has been able to deliver consistent, high-quality laboratory services to many clients each year.
The Sonic Clinical Trials central laboratory uses only standardised validated testing platforms, methods and reference ranges for the duration of each study. Our world-wide laboratory network ensures our ability to offer the complete range of routine testing, as well as an extensive esoteric testing portfolio – all guaranteed by independent national accreditation.
Our laboratory provides comprehensive pathology testing, including:
- Biochemistry
- Haematology
- Microbiology
- Immunoserology
- Drug Screening
- Cytology
- Anatomical Pathology
- Molecular Biology
- Histology
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The resources and technology within our practice enable us to offer an extended testing portfolio throughout the Sonic Healthcare laboratory network.
SCT understands the importance of maintaining test methodologies and instrument platforms for the life of a study and every effort is made to ensure this is feasible.
Upon receipt in our laboratory, the sample integrity and patient demographics are checked before being sent to the respective laboratory departments for analysis.