Improved Workflow at Bowel Screening Wales
The Bowel Screening Laboratory in Wales have been running the Alpha Laboratories Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) kits on the HM-JACKarc…
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GP Referral Rate and Clinical Outcome of Patients According to FIT Result
At this year’s CRUK Early Diagnosis Conference in Birmingham, Judith Strachan presented her poster entitled: GP Referral Rate and Clinical…
Optimising the FIT Workflow at Tayside Hospital
Lynne Taylor is the Study Coordinator at NHS Tayside Hospital, where she has worked for 50 years. Before introducing The…
Partnership with the NHS Award
On Thursday 2nd December 2021, at the Annual MediWales conference in Cardiff, Alpha Laboratories was declared the winner of the…
A Flexible FIT – Ensuring Services are Relevant Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is used to identify microscopic traces of haemoglobin in faeces which is a common indicator…
The Evolving Use of Faecal Immunochemical Testing – Accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges for clinicians and supporting services that have driven the need to manage patients…
Bespoke Patient Packs Help Support Cancer Testing Progress in the South West
In June 2018 the South West Cancer Alliance (SWCA) implemented a faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) service for occult blood. To…
How Low Can FIT Go?
Professor Callum G. Fraser Explores the Need for Low Faecal Haemoglobin Concentration Estimates Faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin (FIT) are…
The FIT Revolution – Coming to Your Practice Soon
The NICE FIT Study is a research project in Bowel Cancer Care that has been initiated by the department of…
Feasibility of FIT – the Hull Experience
Setting up a FIT Feasibility Study and considerations for ISO 15189 accreditation. Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust is undertaking…