BACTERIOLOGY LABORATORY KIT, Mini-Lab
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KIT, BACTERIOLOGY LABORATORY Mini-Lab
Definition
The Mini-Lab is a clinical bacteriology laboratory, all-in-one, autonomous, transportable, at an affordable cost and is adapted to the areas of intervention of MSF and other health actors in Low Resource Settings (LRS).
This standardised kit is designed to set up a robust clinical bacteriology lab for diagnosis of sepsis and urine tract infections.
- “All in one kit” with 6 modules, transportable, fully equipped and modular
- With integrated quality management system (procedure, training, software, etc.)
- That can be safely run by lab technician non expert in clinical bacteriology
Indications
Within the Mini-Lab, you can identify and determine the antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacteria responsible for sepsis or urinary tract infections and thus:
- Improve the quality of patient care and antibiotic prescribing practices
- Contribute to the surveillance of antibiotic resistance in remote areas
- Detect the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria
Clinicians are able to better treat patients and have access to clinical-based ABR surveillance.
A modular and adaptable concept that can fit in various contexts:
- Fixed mode in regular projects with or without laboratory facilities on site to help treat patients and know pathogen or ABR prevalence in a specific area
- Mobile mode in several projects within one country for ABR surveillance to perform point prevalence surveillance on the different site for fixed periods.
For MSF, target populations that should have access to a clinical bacteriology laboratory (CBL) are hospitalised patients: severely ill children, burns patients suspected of sepsis, HIV patients and patients with any suspicion of having sepsis
Specifications
It is composed of 6 modules.
- KMEDMBLB011 ADMINISTRATION MODULE
- KMEDMBLB012 HYGIENE and SAFETY MODULE
- KMEDMBLB013 SAMPLE HANDLING MODULE
- KMEDMBLB014 INCUBATION MODULE
- KMEDMBLB015 READING and INTERPRETING MODULE
- KMEDMBLB016 WASTE MANAGEMENT MODULE
Components
Choice : it is mandatory to order one the two proposed choices
- A 3rd incubator needs to be ordered: either JPS30, 30l (ELAEINCE10-), either VWR IL56, 56l (ELAEINCE9--) depending on your project context. Please discuss and agree with your microbiology referent / lab advisor.
- a keyboard needs to be ordered: either Azerty, either Querty
- a sticker kit needs to be ordered: either in English, either in French
Optional: all articles/modules, indicated as "Optional", must be ordered in addition to the kit
Instructions for use
Please consult the “Bacteriology laboratory procedures and resources” available online via the Laboratory working Group sharepoint page: Laboratory Procedures and Resources
For offline access, contact your laboratory advisor.