Microbiology

Microbiology

The Department of Microbiology is well equipped to teach and diagnose most of the infectious diseases prevalent in the society. The department offers diagnostic services to the hospital regarding Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Virology, Mycology, Parasitology, Immunology and Serology. The department also carries out bacteriological analysis of water, theatre sterility checks, in house disinfectant testing and hospital environmental surveillance. The diagnostic laboratory is well equipped with automated Bact-Alert system for Blood culture, Turbidometry, Walk in incubator and walk in cooler, Biosafety cabinets, and State of the art equipment like Enhanced Chemiluminescence’s Immuno Assay for serodiagnosis of HIV, Hepatitis markers and other infectious diseases. The department is also an active participant of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) and also has Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) for HIV conducted by the Government of India.

Basic Molecular biology equipment like Thermocyler, Gel documentation system, Refrigerated centrifuge etc., are available for research purposes.

Since 2001, the department has been upgraded as a post graduate training centre and offers MD degree course in Microbiology.

The diagnostic segment of the department participates regularly in external quality control programmes.

The department maintains a scientifically designed central animal house stocked with pedigreed animals of different species for research purposes. The animal house is CPCSEA Registered, and caters to the needs of the research work done by PSG IMSR and its sister concerns as well as many institutions in and around Coimbatore.