SERVICE PROMISE:

Laboratory of Parasitology, Medical Study Programs, and Faculty of Medicine University of Brawijaya committed to implement an integrated working system to provide the best services in order to realize the satisfaction of service users within the framework of Excellent Service

SERVICE ETHICS:

• Start smiles , greetings and courtesies
• Wear identification/identity card,
• Be polite to the Medical Study Program Faculty of Medicine UB service users,
• Do not persecute Medical Study Program Faculty of Medicine UB service users,
• It is not justified in providing services while smoking or communicate with mobile phones or other communication devices.

A. Internal Service

Internal Services are provided in the Laboratory of Parasitology FMUB covering the scope of education, research, and community services:

Education:

• Implementing teaching and learning process
• GBPP, RPKPS, Syllabus
• Dictates, Hand out
• Practicum, practical guide
• Scientific Work
• Rules of lab utilization, book lending, and other rules

Research:

• Training, consultancy, internship, comparative study, research, medical services, etc.
• Scientific work
• Rules of lab utilization, book lending, and other rules

Community services:

• Laboratory service for research and diagnostic tests
• Academic services
• Rules for laboratory services
• Services: training, consulting, internships, study, research, medical services etc.

B. External Service

TYPE OF ROUTINE EXAMINATION SERVICES AND RESEARCH

LABORATORY OF PARASITOLOGY

FACULTY OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF BRAWIJAYA

A. Blood Examination

1. Preparation of peripheral blood smear with EDTA (1 day)
2. Giemsa staining (1 day)
3. Calculation of cell haemacyto
4. Direct malarial examination (thin smear preparations) (1 day)
5. Direct malarial examination (thick drops) (1 day)
6. Examination of malarial culture (3 days)*
7. Molecular examination of malaria (1 week)*
8. Examination of microfilariae
9. Culture of peritoneal macrophages*
10. Culture lymphocytes*
11. Culture monocytes*
12. Culture PBMCs/dendrite*
13. Isolation of PBMC*
14. Isolation of DNA/RNA*
15. Sample management

B. Stool Examination

1. Complete stool examination (FL) (1 day)
2. Stool concentration with brine solution (1 day)
3. Preparation of stool examination materials Kato and Kato – Katz methods (1 day)
4. Stool examination qualitatively by Kato thick smear method (1 day)
5. Quantitative stool examination with the Kato – Katz’s thick smear method (1 day)
6. Harada Mori techniques (modified) (1 week)
7. Examination of Cryptosporidium sp. with acid stain resistant modification staining (1 day)
8. Charcoal culture**

 C. Body Fluid Examination

1. Method of parasitological examination of sputum (1 day)
2. VVP examination (1 day)
3. Parasite examination of urine (1 day)
4. Body fluid sample collection
5. Serum/plasma materials preparation
6. Peritoneal lavage (animal)
7. Ascites fluid isolation (animal)

D. Other Examination

1. Forensic entomologist examination method (7-30 days)
2. Examination with cellulose tape
3. Anal swab technique
4. Animal Surgery
5. Isolation of animal organs
6. Cell/tissue culture and treatment of cells (2×24 well)*
7. Isolation of DNA/RNA*
8. Examination of ELISA immunoassay*
9. Immunohistochemistry staining*
10. Examination of PCR (preparation and running)*
11. Preparation of spectrophotometry*
12. Flow-cytometry tissue samples preparation*
13. Intracellular staining for flow-cytometry*
14. Surface staining for flow-cytometry*
15. rt (room temperature) centrifuge*
16. Laminar air flow

* Working in conjunction with other laboratory

** Most of the procedures are performed in the Laboratory of Parasitology, minor supporting equipment needed