Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Investigation
DG of Health Services and Programmes
Acknowledgment
The diagnostic laboratories services at the Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care (DGSMC) at Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to thank and appreciate the great effort of the Microbiology documents development team. Participated and contributed personnel are:
Member name | Institution | Designation |
Dr.Mahmoud Al Subhi | RustaqHospital | Team Leader Consultant medical microbiologist |
Ms. Zainab Al Hadhrami | Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care Diagnostic laboratories services | Team Coordinator Senior technologist specialist A |
Ms. Saleh Al Shukairi | Ibra Hospital | Senior technologist specialist A |
Dr. Hanaa Al Auraimi | Royal Police of Oman Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Nawal AL Kindi | Khoula Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Al Warith Al Kharousi | Nizwa Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Abdulrahman Al Mahrouqi | Ibri Hospital | Specialist microbiologist pathologist |
Dr. Nada Al Tamimi | Al Massara Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Wafaa Al Tamtami | Armed Forces Hospital | Senior Specialist microbiologist |
Acronyms:
BA | Blood agar |
BAL | Bronchoalveolar lavage |
CA | Chocolate agar |
MAC | MaConkey |
ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
H&S | Health and Safety |
ID | Identification |
IQC | Internal Quality Control |
SOP | Standard operating procedure |
WHO | World Health Organization |
1 - Purpose
This document describes the procedure for bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) investigation.