The Department of Microbiology was established in 2005 and caters not only to the diagnostic need of clinicians, but is also actively involved in teaching, research and hospital infection control activities. The Lab was established in 2005 and has made immense progress since then.
The Clinical Microbiology lab is a component of the Central Clinical Laboratory and is NABL accredited for Microbiology, Serology and Molecular Testing. Laboratory Accreditation provides formal recognition of our competence and provides a ready means for customers to find reliable testing services in order to meet the demands.
The Department of Microbiology, CHRI is a community of faculty, technical support staff, research scholars and postgraduate students. The faculty are Clinical Microbiologists with adequate experience, necessary expertise and skills required for the interpretation of test results and thus aid the clinicians in clinching the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
NABL Certificate of Accreditation .
Microbiology EQAS Certificates.
Microbiology Lab
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Keeping in line with the statutory requirements, the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory has separate service laboratories for Bacteriology, Serology, Molecular Virology, Parasitology, Mycology, Tuberculosis (Mycobacteriology) and Immunology. In addition, separate areas have been earmarked for media preparation and autoclaving and for decontamination of all clinical samples and used media (Photo).
Microbiology Division is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment such as the Vitek 2 compact for automated microbial identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing by MIC method. Vitek 2 enables to identify a large range of microorganisms and the system can process 30 cards at a time. All steps are automated, right from reading to recording of results. BD Bactec 9050 is an automated blood culture system which can accommodate up to 50 samples with barcode and is equipped with continuous monitoring facility.
Premium quality Biosafety cabinets Class II Type B2 have been installed in Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Molecular testing Labs to ensure personnel safety while processing bacteriology samples.
Serology and Immunology are equipped with a Bio-Rad PR4100 Absorbance microplate reader, which is an 8- channel absorbance microplate reader with accurate, reproducible and fast measurements using windows 7 based software technology.
This newly established section and the pride of the Microbiology Department is equipped with an ultra-modern Rotor Gene Q, a Real Time PCR machine, which can process 72 samples in one run. Two fully automated nucleic Acid Extractors (Qiacube and Alta) are used for the purification and extraction process. Within a short span of time, molecular testing division has processed thousands of samples for COVID 19 by Real Time PCR and by doing so, has lent a supportive hand to the government and its initiatives of testing more people for SARS-CoV 2, so as to aid in the control of the disease.
Clinical sample (Urine, Blood, CSF, Respiratory, stool, body fluids, pus, ear, nasal swabs, tissue bit, semen, CVC)
>> Gram Stain
>> Culture and sensitivity
>> Stool Hanging drop
AFB stain, AFB Culture, Line Probe Assay
Bacterial Serology – WIDAL, Typhoid IgM &IgG, ASO, RPR, Leptospira IgM, Scrub Typhus IgM
Viral Serology – HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Dengue NS1, IgM, IgG, Rubella IgG, Chikungunya IgM& IgG, Anti HBs Antibody
CRP, RF, Procalcitonin, ANA, Anti CCP, MantOux
RTPCR for Covid 19, H1N1, HIV, HBV,HCV
Fungal Stain, Fungal Culture
Stool examination for Ova/Cyst/ Occult Blood
Malaria Antigen detection
