Laboratory Facilities, Practice And Activities


Laboratory Facilities, Practice And Activities

Community Based Laboratory Facilities:

A reliable community  based laboratory service is one of the most important ways of improving the quality of primary health care center and avoiding patients and pregnant women having to travel to the district hospital for essential laboratory testes.
T o be effective in PHC community based laboratory.

Practice Must:

  • Meet the health needs of individuals and the community.
  • Operate in an acceptable way.
  • Be accessible to the community and affordable.
  • Be reliable and sustainable.

Activities of community based PHC Laboratory at THC and Lower Level:

1. To investigate by referral or testing on site, important diseases and health problems affecting the local community, Depending on geographical area such investigation are usually includes the following:
a. Performs procedures and methods for different investigations of clinical pathology and Hematology and semen analysis,
b. Performs procedures and methods for examinations of various specimen for Gram staining , Geimsa staining and Albert’s staining.
c. Performs procedures and methods for limited investigations on Bio-chemistry,
serologi and other tests s feasible at the PHC level.
2. To assist the health worker in deciding the severity of a patient’s condition  and prognosis.
3. To promote health care and assist in community health education.
4. Prepare reagents required for Laboratory investigation at THC level.
5. To screen pregnant women for Anemia, Proteinuria and Malaria and refer serum to the district hospital laboratory for antibody screening of sexually transmitted disease such as Syphilis.