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28 Mar 2019, 3:59 p.m.

Illustration of the sample chutes at GOSH

Did you know that across the hospital, within the walls, floors and corridors, patient blood samples whizz from our wards to the labs, via the chute, where they’re processed and used for diagnostics?

In the blink of an eye, every lab sample is propelled through a network of tubes. In a hospital the size of GOSH, making good time means better medicine, and the chute is an important part of a complex chain that gives our doctors timely lab results they need to make decisions about our patients.

The clock starts ticking as soon as a sample is drawn, and our lab team relies on every ward getting samples to them as quickly as possible. The chute system has a complete set of checks and balances – sensing where containers are needed and sending them. It also controls the airflow to slow down the containers for a soft landing at their destination.

90s time capsule sealed by Diana, Princess of Wales, revealed

A time capsule, laid by Diana, Princess of Wales, at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) 34 years ago has been opened to enable construction of the hospital’s new Children’s Cancer Centre

New national registry for inherited hearing loss

A new national registry is helping researchers understand more about inherited hearing loss – and could help bring about new treatments.

Young patients return victorious from Transplant Games

Over 180 transplant recipients, donors and their families from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) returned triumphant from the British Transplant Games, winning 39 medals in total.