1. Introduction
Accredited testing laboratories around New Zealand have been working hard to provide testing to the New Zealand public for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The following listed medical testing laboratories are currently accredited for such testing. There are a number of additional accredited laboratories providing a subcontracted testing service to the medical laboratory community, but all enquiries regarding COVID-19 testing should be made to the listed medical laboratories only. The full IANZ Directory of accredited laboratories, including detailed scopes of accreditation, can be found on the IANZ website at https://www.ianz.govt.nz/directory. For further information, please contact the individual laboratories. 2. Directory of Accredited Medical Testing Laboratories (SARS-CoV-2)
Name Location Accreditation Nasopharyngeal Saliva NAAT NAAT No. Swabs including RT-PCR (cartridge-based & TMA only)
Whangarei Hospital Laboratory Whangarei 632 Northland District Health Board
Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland 191 Laboratory Services
Grafton Clinical Genomics Auckland 1095 Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
IGENZ Ltd Auckland 987
LabPlus Auckland 204 Auckland District Health Board
Labtests Auckland Limited Auckland 1036
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Name Location Accreditation Nasopharyngeal Saliva NAAT NAAT No. Swabs including RT-PCR (cartridge-based & TMA only)
Waitemata District Health Board Auckland 625 Laboratory Services, North Shore Hospital
Waitemata District Health Board Auckland 625 Laboratory Services, Waitakere Hospital
Hill Laboratories Hamilton 1287
Waikato Hospital Laboratory Hamilton 74
Pathlab Bay of Plenty Tauranga 355
Pathlab Whakatane Whakatane 680
Pathlab Rotorua Rotorua 1005
Pathlab Taupo Taupo 1000
TLAB Ltd Gisborne 411
Labcare Pathology New 267 Taranaki District Health Board Plymouth
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board Napier / 571 Laboratory Services Hastings
Medlab Central Palmerston 490 North
ESR, Kenepuru Science Centre Porirua 614
Wellington SCL Wellington 241 Wellington Hospital Laboratory
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Name Location Accreditation Nasopharyngeal Saliva NAAT NAAT No. Swabs including RT-PCR (cartridge-based & TMA only)
Wellington SCL Lower Hutt 270 Hutt Valley Hospital Laboratory
Wellington SCL Masterton 616 Wairarapa Hospital Laboratory
Medlab South Nelson Marlborough Nelson 263
Medlab South Nelson Marlborough Blenheim 263
West Coast District Health Board Greymouth 631 Greymouth Hospital Laboratory
Canterbury Health Laboratories Christchurch 508
Canterbury SCL Ltd. Christchurch 576
Medlab Timaru Timaru 671
Southern Community Laboratories Ltd Queenstown 660 Queenstown
Southern Community Laboratories Ltd Clyde 741 Dunstan
Southern Community Laboratories Ltd Dunedin 173 Dunedin
Southern Community Laboratories Ltd Invercargill 506 Invercargill
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