Introduction Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Healthcare Waste Management (HCWM) are critical systems used to minimize the spread of…
Introduction Orientia and Rickettsia are two closely related genera of bacteria within the family Rickettsiaceae. Both are small, gram-negative, obligate…
Introduction to IHC Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a powerful laboratory technique that combines anatomical, immunological, and biochemical methods to detect specific…
Introduction A Tru-cut biopsy, also known as a core needle biopsy (CNB), is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure used to…
Introducton The VITEK 2 Yeast AST system is a fully automated solution for the quantitative determination of antifungal susceptibility in…
Introduction The VITEK 2 Yeast Identification (YST) system is an automated platform designed for the rapid identification of clinically significant…
Introduction The VITEK 2 System is an automated microbiology platform designed for the rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing…
Introduction First-Line Drug Susceptibility Testing (FL-DST or sometimes referred to in context as SL-DST when covering all first-line agents: Rifampicin,…
Introduction Hantaviruses are a group of rodent-borne viruses that cause two main life-threatening diseases in humans: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)…
Introduction Second-line drug susceptibility testing (SL-DST) for tuberculosis is a crucial laboratory procedure designed to detect resistance to anti-TB drugs…