Second Blood culture workshop
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Organiser: University of Health Sciences
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Date: 10-11 October 2013
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Posted: 15/07/2013
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Theme: Biology Laboratories Sciences and Activities
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Type: Event
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Language: English
The workshop will be organized by the Cambodian Ministry of Health and the University of Health Sciences (UHS), in collaboration with the Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope (SHCH), the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (ITM), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program (DMDP), the Naval Medical Research Program 2 (NAMRU2) and Fondation Mérieux.
The first national workshop on blood culture took place in Phnom Penh from February 21-22, 2013.
Blood culture is one of the most essential analyses performed by a microbiology laboratory. It is an important tool for the diagnosis of sepsis and the valuable information it provides to the medical team can improve patient prognosis. Blood culture also plays a role in disease surveillance and infection control at both hospital and national levels.
This first workshop was to introduce good practices for blood culture in six provincial hospitals of Cambodia (Battambang, Takeo, Svay Rieng, Kampong Cham, Kossamak and the National Pediatric Hospital) and to enhance patient care in Cambodia by providing good quality health services and education.
Over the next eight months, participating laboratories monitor blood culture quality indicators. This second workshop will be organized, during which each laboratory will present the results of this monitoring.
