Microbiology Sample Retention 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 medical 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 medical microbiologist
Dr. Nawal AL Kindi	Khoula Hospital	Consultant medical microbiologist
Dr. Al Warith Al Kharusi	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	Specialist senior microbiologist

Acronyms:

RT	Room Temperature
MDRO	Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
MRSA	Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1 - Purpose

This document describes the procedure detailed of the retention time and storage conditions of different samples submitted for microbiology testing after processing. This is not including virology samples.