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Sr. No. Name Qualification Designation Experience
1 Dr. Vani Gopal M.D. Microbiology CMO (NFSG) 6 years
2 Mr. Radhakrishnan MSC, MPhil Microbiology Bacteriologist 21 years
3 S. Devane MA MSW (PACS) PPTCT Counsellor 16 years
4 S. Selvamani M.S.W (PACS) PPTCT Counsellor 16 years
5 R. Jothy MA, Mphil (PACS) PPTCT Counsellor 11 years
6 S. Bharathi BSc. MLT (PACS) Lab Technician 11 years
7 K. Poongavanam BSC MLT (PACS) Lab Technician 5 years
8 P. Jayanthi BA Tamil Lab Attendant 11 years
9 R. Gomathy 12th Lab Attendant 5 years

Supporting Staff

  • Lab Attendant
  • Housekeeping staff

Services Offered

  • Bacteriology
  • Serology
  • PPTCT Services

List of Equipments

  • Autoclave - 2 Nos.
  • Incubator
  • Hot Air Oven
  • Elisa - Semi Automatic
  • Mircoscope
  • Deep Freexer
  • Upright cooler
  • Refrigerator
  • Centrifuge
  • pH meter
  • Digital Balance
  • Bio-safety cabinet
  • Laminar flow chamber

Department Write-up

  • Routine Bacteriology & Serology services provided
  • Vector Borne diseases - L form submitted weekly
  • PPTCT services provided
  • EQAS registered at CMC Vellore from the year 2019
  • Sentinel Surveillance of HIV done
  • HICC - Hospital Infection Control Committee - Surveillance, Hand Hygiene Audit done, Biomedical waste audit done.
  • Rapid Antigen Testing done for SARS-Cov & sample collection done for covid RTPCR
  • Training for B.Sc.MLT students from Mother Theresa Institute done
  • CME on Hospital Infection Control done

Last 5 Years Statistics - Investigations

Statistics Year
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Bacteriology 7200 4986 14720 10193 24327
Serology 12883 20585 33315 17941 12688

Award / Extra activities

  • EQAS done and "Z" score Satisfactory
  • NACO awarded 5 Star Quality of Standard in HIV testing – Certificate of Excellence
  • Hospital Infection Control Committee formed in 2017
  • HAI surveillance, Hand Hygiene Audit, Biomedical Waste Audit done.
  • Received first prize in Oral presentation on topic "Device associated, Surgical Site Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital" in an International Conference.
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