The Urine Managed Service Contract covers processing of urine samples for Microscopy and positive culture set up. The refresh of the current contract aims to provide the same current service level as a minimum, however, to further improve workflow, the refresh is looking to explore and adopt technology advances. It is proposed the refresh includes automated culture readers and Antimicrobial Susceptibility reading embracing solutions available on the market that utilise AI, to improve patient outcomes and efficiency.
Public Health Wales NHS TrustWales24 Apr 2026WAC-581880
The Urine Managed service contract covers automated processing of urine samples for Microscopy which screens out negative flagged samples and selects positive flagged samples that require culture set up. Public Health Wales Infection service provides an automated urine Microscopy service for approximately 400,000 urine samples per annum at 5 sites in Wales: -
- Glan Clwyd, Rhyl
- Bronglias, Aberystwyth
- Glan Gwili, Carmarthen
- Singleton, Swansea
- University Hospital of Wales
Public Health Wales NHS TrustWales29 Apr 2026WAC-583285