All lab and clinical enquiries 9am to 5.30 pm	023 8120 6408
Technical enquiries and routine specimens during lab opening hours 9am to 7.30pm, Monday to Friday 8am to 5.30pm, weekends	023 8120 6408
Out of hours for processing of urgent specimens on-call 5.30pm to 9am, Monday to Sunday	Via switchboard: 023 8077 7222
Infection control team: clinical lead helpline urgent enquiries infection control secretary	023 8120 8165 Bleep 2573 023 8120 4672
Medical microbiology advice on-call 5pm to 9am and weekends	Via switchboard
Anti-infectives consultant pharmacist	023 8120 5117 or bleep 1070
Medicines information service	023 8120 6908 or 023 8120 6909
Health protection unit (notification of infectious diseases, chemical and radiological hazards, treating contacts, avian flu case assessment, immunisation and prophylaxis)	Routine hours: 0845 055 2022 On-call: via switchboard
Clinical director/consultant virologist Clinical director/consultant microbiologist (bacteriology) UHS clinical services lead	Dr Emanuela Pelosi Dr Kordo Saeed Dr Jullian Sutton
Consultant microbiologist Consultant microbiologist Consultant microbiologist Consultant microbiologist Consultant microbiologist Consultant virologist	Dr Nitin Mahobia Dr Sarah Glover Dr TatShing Yam Dr Andrew Rosser Dr Tom Cusack Dr Eleri Wilson-Davies

When phoning for clinical advice you must have the following clinical information:

Additional information

Foundation year doctors are expected to discuss the patient with a more senior member of the clinical team prior to calling.
Out-of-hours callers will be expected to have recent (past two weeks) microbiology results, MRSA/ ESBL status and relevant biochemistry/haematology results.
Between 9pm and 8am, calls must be placed by consultants, SpRs or StRs year 3 or above.
Monday to Friday please phone after 1pm unless urgent. Your calls will be logged and prioritised according to clinical need.

Contact the department of infection