Clinical Units:
Clinicians in the department actively collaborate with other departments involved in the running of some specialized infectious disease clinics in the hospital like:

• HIV/ART clinic
• Dermatological clinic
• DOT clinic

The Infection prevention and control unit facilitates training on infection prevention practices among health care workers and also engage in active surveillance for multidrug-resistant organisms that can lead to an outbreak of infection in the hospital.

• They also attend clinical consults to co-manage patients with infectious diseases in any part of the hospital.

Staff Strength:
The member of staff of the department are all graduates of reputable universities and they remain one of the most motivated groups in the hospital. The clinical unit staff is made up of medically qualified consultants and residents doctors in medical microbiology. The technical arm is constituted by Medical laboratory scientists, Med lab Technicians, and assistants as well as cleaners who are well trained in the job. 

Departmental Facilities

Spacious and well ventilated five laboratory units tagged; Lab 1 to 3, sputum lab and residents’ lab. Media preparation and wash up room; Special Procedure Room referred to clinical consult room; Library and a moderately furnished seminar Room

TB laboratory is located at the back of the main building while the Center for molecular research and training overlooks the main building with a distance of about 300m separating them.

Procedure:

Samples received at the reception are assigned laboratory numbers and registered into the ledger. They are then sent to the bench unit for analysis, completed analysis results are documented before results are sent back to the reception to be kept in the outgoing result file room for patient collection. Duration of processes dependent on the examination requested. Most sample culture will require about 24 to 48 hours of incubation before the required growth can be observed and another 24 hours of further testing. Details of this will be found in our various SOPs