CLS 417 Clinical Practice in Microbiology

This final microbiology course involves lectures as well as practical sessions in a hospital Microbiology laboratory. The lectures will deal mainly with specimens received in the bacteriology laboratory, their collection, suitability, and processing. The students will be introduced to the safety measures implemented in the laboratories. They will learn about culture media preparation and sterilization, processing of specimens, isolation/ identification of organisms, and antibiotic susceptibility testing. The diagnostic techniques in the routine Clinical Immunology, Mycology and Virology laboratories will also be taught.