Part iii : culture annexes, figures and diagrams

Annexes

Annex 1.

ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR A CULTURE LABORATORY USING " MODIFIED PETROFF DECONTAMINATION AND LöWENSTEIN-JENSEN CULTURE MEDIUM (6 000 SPECIMENS  PER YEAR)

Annex 2.

SPUTUM COLLECTION PROCEDURE

Annex 3.

LABORATORY REQUEST FORM

Annex 4.
4a.
4b.

CULTURE REPORT FORMS
Preliminary report
Final report

Annex 5.

LABORATORY REGISTER

Annex 6.

UNIT CONVERSION FACTORS

Figures

Figure 1.

PLAN OF A CULTURE LABORATORY

Figure 2.

ARRANGING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

Figure 3.

CLASS I BIOSAFETY CABINET

Figure 4.

CLASS II BIOSAFETY CABINET

Figure 5.

THIMBLE SYSTEM RECOMMENDED FOR AIR EXTRACTION IN CLASS II BIOSAFETY CABINETS

Figure 6.

PRESSURE COOKER AUTOCLAVE

Figure 7.

AUTOCLAVE WITH AIR DISCHARGE BY GRAVITY DISPLACEMENT

Diagrams

Diagram 1.

SODIUM HYDROXIDE (NaOH) (MODIFIED PETROFF) DECONTAMINATION METHOD

Diagram 2.

NIACIN TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF M. tuberculosis

Diagram 3.

NIACIN PAPER STRIP TEST FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF M. tuberculosis

Diagram 4.

NITRATE REDUCTION TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF M. tuberculosis CLASSICAL  METHOD

Diagram 5.

NITRATE REDUCTION TEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF M. tuberculosis CRYSTALLINE  REAGENT METHOD

Diagram 6.

NITRATE PAPER STRIP TEST FOR CONFIRMATION OF M. tuberculosis

Diagram 7.

HEAT LABILE CATALASE TEST (68EC, pH 7.0) FOR IDENTIFICATION OF M. tuberculosis

CONTACTS:

Dr Karin Weyer
E-mail: karin.weyer@mrc.ac.za
Dr Roxanna Rustomjee
E-mail: roxanna.rustomjee@
mrc.ac.za

Prof Valerie Mizrahi
E-mail: mizrahiv@
pathology.wits.ac.za

Prof. Paul van Helden
E-mail: pvh@sun.ac.za

 

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