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ANZPAA NIFS Best Paper Award Recipients - Forensic Biology 13 January 2023 The Forensic Biology Department received two awards in the 2022 Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA NIFS) Best Paper Awards – Best Technical Article, Note or Case Study and Best Literature Review (Quality Management). On Thursday 22 December 2022, A/Chief Executive, Sash Tomson met with the award recipients to congratulate them on their success in delivering world-class forensic services to the Western Australian community. The awards from ANZPAA-NIFS recognises the significance of the research conducted at PathWest Forensic Biology to the wider forensic science community in improving the delivery of forensic DNA services. The awards also validate the high quality of work performed by the PathWest Forensic Biology Department as the sole state forensic DNA service provider, as well as the department’s ongoing commitment to investigate new methods to enhan... -
Australia Day 2023 Public Holiday Notice 12 January 2023 PathWest collection centres will be closed on Thursday 26 January for the Australia Day public holiday. Our regular opening hours resume on Friday 27 January. The PathWest team wishes you Happy Australia Day! -
Congratulations to our Employee of the Season - Djilba 07 October 2022 Congratulations to Employee of the Season (Djilba) winner – Rebecca Wake, A/General Manager COVID-19 Pre-Analytical Operations – COVID-19 Command. Rebecca has been with PathWest for many years as a medical scientist and then later stepped into senior roles in charge of a number of the laboratories. When COVID-19 struck, Rebecca assumed the responsibility of overseeing pre-analytical operations and guided the team (of up to 250 staff) through some truly challenging days.Rebecca is somebody who goes about her role with grace and commitment, and no matter how busy she is, she always has time to support and guide her staff and make them feel valued. She strives to deliver excellent outcomes and through leading by example she inspires her team to do the same. Rebecca more than encompasses the six PathWest strategic pillars, but in particular engaging, developing and inspiring ... -
Congratulations to our Employee of the Season - Djeran 29 April 2022 Congratulations to our Employee of the Season (Djeran) winner – Jane Moody, Administration Officer, PathWest Security, based at QEII. Jane was nominated by a lab colleague for going above and beyond to ensure lab staff have access to PPE, hand sanitiser and clean gowns to perform their work safely. Jane also logs and follows up maintenance requests and generally ensures facilities are maintained and repaired as required. The nominator said; “She does all this with a smile and enthusiastic attitude at all times, often while juggling other priorities”. The panel of judges were impressed with Jane’s care and concern for colleagues and ultimately patients, she is professional and ensures traceability and accountability is maintained at all time. She treats all internal and external customers with respect and “walks-the-walk when it comes to the PathWest values&r... -
COVIDTestWA is now live 27 April 2022 COVIDTestWA is asafe and securepre-registration system that enables upfront capture of patient information used across the public PCR testing process in WA. People presenting to our public PCR testing clinics can pre-register their detailsby scanning the QR code displayed on site or via this link. Completing COVIDTestWA online won’t let you skip the queue but the more people who complete it the faster everyone’s sample will be collected and processed, and it reduces direct individual patient contact times at the COVID clinics. COVIDTestWAwill be available across all public metropolitan COVID-19 testing clinics -Murdoch drive through andSir Charles Gairdner Hospital are live now, with Rockingham going live this week and Royal Perth Hospital, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Armadale, Joondalup and Midlandclinicsin the weeks after that. The system reduces manual effort and data entry...
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