Angola

Summary of activities by year:

2015

2014

2013

Collaboration agreement signed with the SRL Porto

April 2013 - Technical visit and practical training in mycobacteriology

• Theoretical training:

 Brief review of some theoretical concepts

 Organization of a laboratory of mycobacteriology

 Review of the concepts of biosafety. Prevention of incidents / accidents. How to act in the event of an incident.

• Practical training:

 Specimen handling

 Specimen decontamination using the MycoPrep BBL

 Smear preparation and staining using the Kinyoun method

 Cultural procedures in solid and liquid media (MGIT 960)

 Culture examination

 Identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using the chromatographic immunoassay BD MGIT

TBc ID Test

 First-line susceptibility tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the MGIT 960 system

 Validation of the first-line susceptibility tests

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