Microbiology
Leadership
Welcome to the Microbiology department of the Pathology Division. The Microbiology department is headed by Lt Col Kingsley Ackah.
Capabilities
- Microbiology Laboratory Diagnosis
- Research
- Teaching and Training of Health Students
- Disease Outbreak Investigation and Management
- Verification of Test Kits
- Exposure Investigations
- Disease Surveillance
- Microbiology Quality Management
- Expert Team: Highly trained scientists and technologists dedicated to reliable results.
Services Provided
- Routine Microbiological Investigations
- Urine Routine Examination (Urine R/E)
- Stool Routine Examination (Stool R/E)
Specialised Microbiological Tests/Investigations
- AFB Test (for Tuberculosis and other Non-Tuberculous AFBs)
- Skin Scraping for Fungi
- Skin Scraping for Scabies
- Microfilaria Test
- HVS Swab R/E and Culture
- Blood Cultures
- Wound Swab Culture
- Bodily Fluid Cultures
- Semen Analysis
- CSF Microbiology
- Miscellaneous Cultures
Departments, Units, Sub-specialties
- Bacteriology
- Parasitology
- Mycology
- Microfilaria Test
- Media preparation and sterilization
Mode of Operations (Timings, Appointments)
The Microbiology Department runs morning and afternoon shifts. The Department works on weekends and on public holidays. The morning shift runs from 0730hrs to 1400hrs while the afternoon shift runs from 1400hrs to 2000hrs respectively. On weekends and public holidays, the department runs only one shift which runs from 0700hrs to 1500hrs.
Training Capabilities
Training capacity of the Department includes:
- Microbiological diagnostics
- Microbiological research
- Outbreak investigations
- Microbiological quality management
- Infection prevention and control
- Disease surveillance
- Exposure investigation
- Post-Exposure investigation
- Microbiological waste management
Affiliation and Relationship with Other Facilities and Institutions
- Ghana Association of Medical laboratory Scientists (GAMLS)
- Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU)
- Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC)
- University of Ghana
- US Naval Research Medical Unit (NAMRU)
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
- National Public Health and Reference Laboratory (NPHRL)
- Sysmex
- Bluestone
- Synlab Medical Laboratories
- REVNA Biosciences