WELSH TRANSPLANTATION AND IMMUNOGENETICS LABORATORY
Wales' Transplant Laboratory

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Welsh Blood Service, Ely Valley Road,
Talbot Green, Pontyclun, CF72 9WB
Wales, United Kingdom

Tel:+44 (0) 1443 622177  Fax:+44 (0)1443 622176
email:       wtail@wbs.wales.nhs.uk

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This site provides information on the Welsh Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory's services supplied for the medical and scientific community around the world largely for the benefit of patients requiring an organ or bone marrow transplant.

The Welsh Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory was founded in 1974 within the Welsh Blood Service.The service is located near the village of Pontyclun a few miles to the north west of Cardiff, Wales' capital.

The Welsh Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory (WTAIL) operates the:
Welsh Histocompatiblity and Immunogenetics Service - a predominantly local service in support of renal and bone marrow transplant programmes; HLA and other phenotyping; and a platelet immunogenetics service.
Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry - an independent registry managing the HLA testing and provision of stem cell donations from unrelated donors for transplantation to patients in the UK and overseas.
UK National External Quality Assessment Schemes for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - for the assessment of H & I laboratories performance by providing material, results analysis, perfomance criteria and, if required, professional support for laboratories in the UK and overseas.
The laboratory is ISO 9001 registered and accredited by Clinical Pathology Accreditation [UK] Limited and the European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI).
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