This Manual has been prepared by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and every care has been taken in its compilation. The Manual is intended to be used as a guide only and not as an authoritative statement of every conceivable step or circumstance which could be expected to manifest itself in pathology laboratory testing.

Practitioners should use this Manual as a guide to individual testing on the basis of clinical findings, and not as a complete or authoritative statement of such testing.

The College shall not be liable to users of the Manual nor to any other person, firm, company or other body for any loss, direct, indirect or consequential, in contract or in tort or for any negligent mis-statement or omission contained herein, by reason of, arising from or in relation to any such user, other person, company or body relying or acting upon or purporting to rely or act upon any matter contained in this Manual.