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Duke Global Health Institute

Description

This compendium contains SOPs used by the Clinical Trials Unit at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center which is supported by the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI). SOPs relate to specimen collection and processing for the identification of myobacteria, fungus, and parasites in whole blood and sputum. They were contributed by DGHI and are available for download at: https://globalhealth.duke.edu/standard-operating-procedures-clinical-trials-sops.

Sources

  • DGHI

SOPs

Title Version (Release Date) Source
Flow Cytometry Staining, Acquisition and Analysis using CD45 Gating-MultiTEST Reagents with TruCOUNT Tubes DGHI
BacT/ALERT AND MycoFLYTIC BLOOD CULTURES FOR BACTERIA AND MYCOBACTERIA DGHI
Kinyoun Acid-Fast Stain DGHI
Auramine AFB Stain DGHI
DIGESTION AND DECONTAMINATION OF SPUTUM AND GASTRIC ASPIRATE SPECIMENS FOR AFB DGHI
ISOLATOR BLOOD CULTURES FOR ISOLATION OF MYCOBACTERIA DGHI
SPECIMEN RECEIPT AND HANDLING PROCEDURES FOR ISAAC STUDIES DGHI
BLOOD AND URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION FOR ISAAC 002 AND 003 STUDIES DGHI
PROCESSING OF SPUTUM AND GASTRIC ASPIRATE SPECIMENS FOR MYCOBACTERIAL CULTURE DGHI
Determine HIV-1/2 Test for Detection of Antibodies to HIV-1/2 DGHI
CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN TEST DGHI
PREPARATION AND STAINING OF SMEARS FOR BLOOD PARASITES DGHI
VENIPUNCTURE DGHI
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