Laboratories in State to be surveyed
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 16 2013:
Following a National Action Plan of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to recognise all the Bio Medical Laboratories in the country, National Task Force for Laboratory Containment has instructed the Government of Manipur to submit a list of laboratories in the state and their addresses.
According to information received by Hueiyen Lanpao, Coordinator of National Task Force for Laboratory Containment Dr Jagdish Deshpande, who is also the Director of Enterovirus Research Centre (EVRC), has informed Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Manipur Ram Muivah for submitting the list of laboratories in the state.
The list should be submitted to the National Task Force (NTF) within April 2013 and all laboratories in every districts of the state need to fill in the prescribed Laboratory Survey Form.
Laboratories which would be covered under the survey included Medical Colleges whether Government or Private; Research Institute whether Government or Private; Universities and Colleges which have Post Graduate Courses in Virology, Microbiology, Bio Technology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences; Diagnostic Laboratories of Hospital and Private Pathological Laboratories; Water and Food Testing Laboratories; Biological Control Laboratories; Laboratories Testing Devices of Water Purifier and Disinfection; Public Health Laboratories; Testing Laboratories of Drug Development Laboratories; Vaccine Manufacturers; Bio Pharmaceutical Industries & Bio Tech Industries and Institutes of Veterinary Sciences.
NTF would forward the survey report to the National Certification Committee to include the laboratories under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and National Certification Document for Polio Eradication.
Later, a meeting for South East Asia Regional Commission would also be held sometime in February 2014 to check whether the Bio Medical Laboratories are following the International Standard of Bio-Safety or not.