Immunology

PathWest Immunology is located at both the FSH and QEII sites and offers a comprehensive service as detailed below.
 
The Immunology Laboratory at the FSH site has accreditation with NATA, TGA and the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI). It participates in Quality Assurance Programs provided by RCPA, ASHI, UCLA, APHIA, NRL and ENVA.
 
The Immunology laboratory at the QEII site has NATA accreditation and participates in Quality Assurance programs provided by RCPA and UKNEQAS, PSITS and INSTAND.
 
Both laboratories are staffed by a highly skilled team of Clinicians, Medical Scientists, Laboratory Technicians and Laboratory Assistants, with the support of administration staff.
 
Our areas of expertise include:
  • Allergy testing using ImmunoCap technology to test for a large range of allergens and Mast Cell Tryptase
  • Autoimmunity including both routine systemic and organ specific autoantibodies and a specialist service for neural (paraneoplastic and encephalitis associated) autoantibodies
  • Complement Assays to measure activity and level of components of the complement pathways
  • Skin and Renal Biopsies testing for immune complex deposition and humoral rejection
  • Hereditary Alpha-Tryptasaemia (HaT) Testing
  • Immune Function - Vaccine responses
  • Primary Immunodeficiency investigations to quantitate immune cells and functional testing of the humoral and cellular immune system
  • Immunogenetics
    • Genetic testing for immunodeficiencies
    • Disease associated HLA typing and immunogenetics
    • HIV drug resistance mutation testing
  • Infection Immunology
    • Providing a comprehensive state-wide HIV treatment service
    • Quantiferon-TB testing
  • Transplant Immunology
    • Sole state-wide provider of HLA typing for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
    • Sole state-wide provider of HLA crossmatching for solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
    • Provider of HLA typing for the WA Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor registry
    • WA provider of tissue matching of deceased organ donors for the National Organ Matching Program
  • Other services including
    • State reference laboratory for HLA tissue typing, HIV monitoring and specialised autoimmunity testing
    • The only laboratory (FSH) in Australia offering HLA tissue typing by Next Generation DNA Sequencing.
 A full list of available Immunology tests and information on sample requirements can be found in the PathWest Online Test Directory.
Last Updated: 23/12/2025