Coagulase Test SOP

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	Rustaq Hospital	Team Leader Consultant microbiologist
Ms. Zainab Al Hadhrami	Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care	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 microbiologist
Dr. Nawal AL Kindi	Khoula Hospital	Consultant microbiologist
Dr. Al Warith Al Kharousi	Nizwa Hospital	Consultant microbiologist
Dr. Abdulrahman Al Mahrouqi	Ibri Hospital	Specialist microbiologist pathologist
Dr. Nada Al Tamimi	Al Massara Hospital	Consultant microbiologist
Dr. Wafaa Al Tamtami	Armed Forces Hospital	Specialist microbiologist pathologist

Acronyms:

ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
SOP	Standard operating procedure
WHO	World Health Organization

1 - Purpose

This procedure provides instruction for coagulase test.