DIN Standards Committee Laboratory Devices and Installations
DIN 58943-4 Beiblatt 1
Medical microbiology - Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Part 4: Primary samples for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and mycobacteria - Qualitative and quantitative requirements, extraction, transport and storage - Supplement 1: Prevention of contaminations of clinical specimens with mycobacteria during processing in the laboratory; Text in German and English
Medizinische Mikrobiologie - Tuberkulosediagnostik - Teil 4: Primärproben zur Tuberkulose- und Mykobakteriosediagnostik - Qualitative und quantitative Anforderungen, Gewinnung, Transport und Aufbewahrung - Beiblatt 1: Verhütung von Kontaminationen der Patientenproben mit Mykobakterien bei der Aufarbeitung im Labor; Text Deutsch und Englisch
Overview
During the processing of patient specimens in the mycobacteriological laboratory, contaminations of specimens with dead or living mycobacteria from reagent solutions or so-called cross-contaminations with dead or living mycobacteria between different specimens may occur. The prevention of these laboratory contaminations is dealt with in this supplement to standard DIN 58943-4. These contaminations can lead to false test results, thus having serious consequences for the patients concerned, the social milieu, the laboratory involved and its personnel. Detailed instructions for the prevention, detection and evaluation of laboratory contaminations of patient specimens during the processing in the laboratory shall be taken from the supplement to DIN 58943-4.
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Responsible national committee
NA 176-08-07 AA - Diagnosis of tuberculosis and mycobacteria
