ICMR-PGIMER to organize Workshop for Veterinary Microbiologists

By Samachar Vishesh News

Chandigarh 04^th September:- The Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh is organizing a workshop under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)from 5^th Sept to 7^th Sept 2019. The aim of this workshop is to train the scientists (microbiologists) and laboratory technicians from participating veterinary institutes all over India under the ongoing Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network (AMRSN) of the ICMR. A total of 16 participants from four institutes will be trained during the workshop.

The department of Medical Microbiology has been functioning as one of the ICMR nodal centres in national network for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance since 2013. Dr Kamini Walia, Program officer Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance at ICMR, emphasised the importance of training of veterinary sector colleagues with issues related to antimicrobial susceptibility testing in animals under the “One health” programme which targets man, animals and the environment together to successfully reduce the burden of drug resistance.

The two- and half-day workshop will cover interactive theoretical as well as hands-on practical aspects of bacterial identification, antimicrobial susceptibility tests including disc diffusion susceptibility test, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination tests, micro-broth dilution MIC test and data management in real time.