National Laboratory Quality Assurance Training Tuberculosis Bacteriology Workshop Ndola School of Biomedical Sciences, Zambia

Monday, August 23 Fluorochrome TB Smear Microscopy, Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing TB Flourochrome Smear Microscopy, Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing Techniques TB Bacteriology Workshop Acid-fast Smear Microscopy - Details of Techniques Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Bacteriology Laboratories Use and Maintaincence of Fluorescent Microscope for Detecting Acid-fast Mycobacteria Tuesday, August 24 TB Laboratory Safety: Practices and Principles-An International Perspective Specimen Decontamination for TB Cultures LJ Inoculation, Reading, and Reporting TB Cultures BACTEC MGIT 960 Culture System for Mycobacteria Identification of M. tuberculosis and Drug Susceptibility Testing Wednesday, August 25 Centrifuge Hotplate / Water Bath /Air Oven Use and Maintenance of Micro-pipettes Care and Use of the Bright Field Microscope pH Meter - Use and Calibration Steam Sterilizer Care and Maintenance of the Weigh Balance Thursday, August 26 Quality control(QC) of antibiotic susceptibility testing