Reducing sample rejection in Durban, South Africa.

Objectives: Rejections of clinical chemistry specimens delays the availability of results, which may impact patient management. The study aims to measure sample rejection rate, identify reasons for sample rejection, evaluate the effect of a campaign to reduce rejection rates and discover which clinical units produced the most insufficient specimen.

Methods: The study measured specimen rejection rates and the contributions of different rejection reasons in calendar 2016 and April 2018-March 2019.

A pilot study: Bisphenol-A and Bisphenol-A glucuronide levels in mother and child pairs in a South African population.

Unlabelled: Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) during early development particularly in- utero has been linked to a wide range of pathology. The aim of this study was to determine serum levels of BPA and its naturally occurring metabolite BPA-glucuronide (BPA-g) in South African mother-child pairs.

Method: Third-trimester serum maternal samples and matching cord blood samples were analysed for BPA and BPA-g using LC-MS/MS.