RAJIV GANDHI GOVERNMENT WOMEN & CHILDREN HOSPITAL, PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

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
• Air sampler
• Mispa i3 Protein analyser 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
• Hospital environment surveillance done
• Training for B.Sc.MLT students from Mother Theresa Institute done
• CME on Hospital Infection Control done
• CMEs and Skits regarding hand hygiene on world hand hygiene day.
• CME and skit play done on Antimicrobial awareness on behalf of antimicrobial resistance awareness week
• Steps of hand wash demonstrated through play activity on World hand washing day.

• Training of Microbiology PGs who are posted on district rotational postings.
• Training of DIC (District Industries Centre) students in performing bacteriology and serology procedures.
• Manual on Biomedical waste management done
• SOP on Personal Protective equipment prepared
• Bacteriology and Serology SOPs updated.
• SOP on Microbiology waste disposal prepared.
• Quality Circle formed
• Internal Audit done.
• Periodic ATCC strains sub culturing done for quality purpose of sensitivity testing.
• Continuing EQAS registration yearly and the evaluation report from CMC Vellore is satisfactory.

LAST 5 YEARS STATISTICS - INVESTIGATIONS

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.