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.