Lab Improvement #5 : QC in Bacteriology

We went to Hospital Miri to learn QC works in Bacteriology in the first week of February 2016. The officer in charge asked us how's the Bacteriology QC works in our setting. I said we had none as we have no technical expertise or experience in dealing with IQC.

Basically, QC works has to be done for 4 main parts. The culture media, biochemical reagents, identification kit and the antibiotic susceptibility.

My senior technician went along with me. Much was learnt in the first three weeks. I specially requested to learn the handling and processing of ESBL producing Enterics. We had a good discussion with the Scientific Officers in the Microbiology Unit.

QC activities start with Master Culture, Stock Culture and Working Culture. We observed how the beads from master culture was passaged into stock culture and then working cultures.