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Kindly provide the following information mandated by MCI to be updated on the HBTMC &

RNCH official website.

Name of the Department: Department of Microbiology

Departmental Contact No: Extension of Bacteriology lab- 209

Extension of Serology lab- 206

Extension of Office - 341

Departmental Email ID/ Website: coopermicro2016@gmail.com

Teaching Faculty

Sr No. Name Designation Photo (Softcopy)

1 Dr. Kishore Bisure Professor & HOD

2 Dr. Avani Koticha Addl. Professor

3 Dr. Kirti Malpekar Associate Professor

4 Dr. Suyasha S. Thorat Assistant Professor

5 Dr. Anuja Sonawane Assistant Professor

6 Dr. Rupali Meshram Assistant Professor

7 Dr. Neha Herlekar Tutor

8 Dr. Saba Shama Tutor

9 Dr. Supriya Lakra Tutor

10 Dr. Shrishti Makhijani Tutor

Non-Teaching staff

Sr No. Name Designation Photo (Softcopy)

1 Rupali Sahare Lab technician

2 Gajanan Khote Lab technician

3 Arti Chabukswar Lab technician

4 Rabiya Khan Lab technician

5 Deepak Ahirrao Lab technician

6 Neesha Jitiya Lab technician

7 Pallavi Wadhonkar Lab technician

8 Somnath Maske Lab technician

9 Sandeep Salkar Lab technician

10 Sayli Jadhav Lab technician

11 Wafa Shaikh Lab technician

11 Sudhakar Lab attendant

12 Rajaram Salap Technical assistant

UG: (To be filled by the administrative office)

1. Intake capacity of UG with status of recognition

2. List of admitted students, merit and category wise for 2017-18; 2018-19

PG:

1. Intake capacity of PG with status of recognition: Nil

2. List of admitted students, merit and category wise for 2017-18; 2018-19: Nil

Other requirements:

I. Research publications through the department in 2018-2019 (mandatory) and since

inception (desirable) in Vancouver style of referencing.

1. Samal B, Bisure K, Shastri J. Trichosporon beigelli infection a child with congenital

extrophy bladder. Indian Pract [Internet]. 2015;68(12):43–4. Available from:

https://medtechasia.in/articles/index.php/tip/article/view/519

2. Mehta RS, Koticha AH, Kuyare SS, Mehta PR. Are We Neglecting Blastocystis Hominis

in Patients Having Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2015;4(64):11164–

71.

3. Gupta R, Mehta P, Koticha A, Kuyare S, Ingole N, Hase N. Intestinal parasitic infections

in renal allograft recipients - necessity of periodic screening and prudent choice of

diagnostic techniques - a prospective study. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci [Internet].

2015;4(10):757–63. Available from: http://www.ijcmas.com/vol-4-10/Rajarshi Gupta, et

al.pdf

4. Shinde S, Koticha A, Mehta P, Gatne M. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis. J Case Reports.

2015;5(2):340–2.

5. Meshram R, Gedam D. Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in General Population

of Nagpur Region. J Contemp Med Dent. 2015;3(2):48–50.

6. Phulsunge S, Koticha A, Shinde S, Mehta P. Intestinal Parasites in Patients Having

Haematological Malignancies. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016;5(31):1613–7.

7. Kuyare SS, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Strongyloides Stercoralis and Its Risk Factors: an

Experience At a Tertiary Care Hospital. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016;5(50):3199–202.

8. Paranjpe S, Koticha A, Mehta PR. Chronic giardiasis in a case of common variable

immunodeficiency (CVID): A case report. J Clin Diagnostic Res. 2016;10(7):DD03–4.

9. Gupta R, Koticha A, Mehta P. Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Beta-thalassemia Major

and Aplastic Anemia in a Tertiary Care Centre in Western India. Int J Contemp Med Res.

2016;3(9):2649–51.

10. Malpekar K, Vivek K, Shastri J. Clinical Correlation and Laboratory Diagnosis of

Bacterial Vaginosis. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016;5(60):4148–53.

11. Mukhopadhyay S, Malpekar K, Shastri J. Intestinal Parasitic and Bacterial Infection

Among Food Handlers in a Metropolitan Tertiary Care Hospital. J Evol Med Dent Sci.

2016;5(62):4327–31.

12. Thorat S S, Kulkarni B R. Occurrence and detection of AmpC beta-lactamases among

clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary care hospital, Bagalkot; using three

phenotypic methods. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016;5(94):6940–8.

13. Chavan SP, Meshram RB, Raut SS, Vedi JN. A Rare Case of Retropharyngeal Abscess

by Salmonella Typhimurium in Central India. Ann Int Med Dent Res. 2016;2(6):1–3.

14. Sawant S, Sonawane A, Shastri J. Prevalence of hepatitis A & E among sporadic cases of

acute hepatitis from a tertiary care hospital of Western India. Int J Curr Res.

2016;8(03):28673–6.

15. Suryawanshi RS, Wanjare SW, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Onychomycosis: dermatophytes

to yeasts: an experience in and around Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Int J Res Med Sci.

2017;5(5):1959.

16. Verma S, Thorat S S, Bisure K. Prevalence of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae

from a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013;03(04):207–

10.

17. Paranjpe SM, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Swelling on the Arm: An Unusual Presentation of

Microfilaria. J Case Reports. 2018;8(4):271–4.

18. Akale PS, Paranjpe SM, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in

Alcoholics. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2019;8(33):2607–11.

II. Details of following activities since inception (with photos wherever possible)

a. CME, workshops:

Along with the Department of Medicine, a CME on needle stick injuries was conducted

in March 2017.

A lecture on Universal safety precautions and Biomedical Waste management was

conducted.

BMW Trainings for MBBS students, Nursing staff, Laboratory staff and Teaching faculty

was conducted by the Department of Microbiology.

Lecture on update of new rules was taken in December 2017.

Recent trends in diagnosis of Drug resistant Tuberculosis- talk was delivered by

faculty in RNTCP(PMDT) training held in March 2018.

The department conducted its first CME on

“Surveillance of HAI and the concept of bundle care.”

b. Conferences: Nil

c. Other Academic activities (including timetables)

Lecture timing: Monday and Wednesday – 8-9 am

Friday – 9-10 am

Practical timing: Tuesday and Thursday- 1-4pm

No. of MBBS students per batch- 150

Theory lectures- 89

Practicals and demonstrations- 55 (cards for practical demonstration have been made)

Tutorials- 12

Museum exhibits

Models- 12

Charts- approx 50

Others- approx 90

Library – 143 books

Teaching of nursing students and training of DMLT students is also done.

Biomedical Waste Management trainings are being carried out by the Department.

Faculty is a part of the Hospital Infection Control Committee and Biomedical Waste

Management Committee.

d. Research activities

Knowledge and practices of hand hygiene among health care workers in our hospital

Utility of clot culture in diagnosis of enteric fever

Assessment of antiHBS titers in subjects after full course vaccination- under which the

first and second year MBBS students have been vaccinated against hepatitis B

Study of hospital microbiota and the effect of cleaning

Study of microbiota of accessory used by health care worker including stethoscope and

mobile phone.

III. Awards and Achievements received by students and faculty since inception: Nil

IV. Results for examination for the year-

Degree/Diploma Year No of Students

Appeared

No of

Students

Passed

Passing

percentage

Winter

2017

152 150 98.68%

UG

MBBS

Summer

2018

2 2 100%

Winter

2018

153 148 96.73%

Summer

2019

5 3 60%

PG NIL 2017-2018 NIL ---------------- ------------------

NIL 2018-2019 NIL ----------------- ------------------

V. Vision of the department:

Department aims at delivering quality reports for which all teaching and non-teaching

staff are working together

Faculty is getting trained for Infection Control Surveillance so as to impart quality

service for HICC.

Automated systems (ID/AST) are also being procured especially for patients where

timely and early reports are necessary.

Academic section aims at imparting quality knowledge through small group teachings,

student seminars, role plays.

VI. Other information:

a. Sections/Units of the department:

1. Bacteriology

2. Serology

3. Immunology

4. Mycology

5. Parasitology

6. Mycobacteriology, RNTCP

7. ICTC

8. Hospital infection control committee

9. Molecular biology

10. BMW (advisory committee)

b. Services provided (new and old):

Routine lab:

Sr. no. Section Services offered

1 Bacteriology Microscopy, culture and antimicrobial

susceptibility testing of aerobic bacteria

Hanging drop of stool for V. cholera

Albert’s stain of throat swab for C. diphtheriae

Microscopy and culture of anaerobic bacteria

2 Serology RA, ASO

CRP

Widal

Rapid Dengue NS1, Dengue IgM/ IgG,

Leptospirosis IgM

Rapid HBsAg, HCV antibody

RPR, TPHA

3 Immunology ELISA for HBsAg, HCV antibody, HAV

antibody, HEV antibody, Dengue NS1 antigen

and Dengue IgM antibody, Leptospirosis IgM

antibody, Chikungunya IgM antibody

4 Mycology Microscopy and culture of fungi

Slide culture for identification and speciation

of fungi

India ink preparation of CSF for Cryptococcus

5 Parasitology Routine and microscopic examination of stool

sample, pus from liver abscess and blood for

parasites

Special staining of stool samples for

opportunistic parasites like Cryptosporidium,

Cyclospora, Isospora and microsporidium

RDT for malarial antigen

6 Mycobacteriology,

RNTCP

Microscopy for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(both pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples)

Rapid detection of Mycobacteria and

Rifampicin resistance using CBNAAT

/GenXpert system in pulmonary and

extrapulmonary samples

Microscopy for Mycobacterium leprae

7 ICTC Integrated Counselling and Testing Services

for HIV/AIDS

Prevention of Parent To Child Transmission

services

8 H.I.C.C. Surveillance of operation theatres in Dr.

RNCH and affiliated peripheral MCGM

hospitals

Surveillance of personnel for MRSA

Sterility checking of blood bags from blood

bank

Outbreak investigations

9 Molecular Biology H1N1 swab PCR Samples are accepted

PCR of Dengue and sent to Kasturba

PCR of Leptospirosis hospital for PCR

10 BMW (advisory

committee)

Training activities

Emergency lab:

Sr. No. Section Tests done

1 Bacteriology Stool for hanging drop in a suspected case of

cholera

Pus/ muscle tissue for gas gangrene (Gram’s

staining)

Throat swab in a suspected case of diphtheria

(Albert’s stain)

Blood cultures (only received)

2 Mycology India Ink of CSF for Cryptococcus

3 Serology Rapid Dengue NS1

Rapid Dengue IgM

Rapid Leptospirosis IgM

RDT for malarial antigen

CRP

4 Molecular

Biology

H1N1 swab for PCR (only received)

c. Specialty-wise bed distribution: NA

d. Departmental location: Laboratory: OPD 15, 1st floor, B wing

Practical class and departmental office: Old casualty building,

ground floor

e. Time and days:

Days Time

Routine lab Monday to Saturday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Emergency lab Monday to Saturday 3:30 pm to 8: 30 am

Emergency lab Sunday and OPD

holiday

24 hours

f. Patient related/ Non-academic Activities:

Weekly IDSP reporting is done.

ICTC outdoor camps are conducted regularly.

Weekly reporting of operation theatre swabs of RNCH and peripheral MCGM

hospitals in western suburbs.

Faculty is a part of the HICC Committee and will be formulating the protocols for audit

in HICC

HOD Microbiology is a part of the advisory committee of the newly formed BMW

management body.

Along with Department of Community Medicine, vaccination against Hepatitis-B is

initiated for all heath care workers of the hospital

Biomedical Waste Management poster for the Hospital was designed by the Dept. of

Microbiology.

Standard Operating Procedures for Operation Theatres made by KEM Hospital, were

modified for local implementation by the Department.

Hospital Disinfection Policy is being made by the Department and is in the process of

approval from senior Microbiologist.

Department caters to all peripheral hospitals in the western suburbs for Operation theatre

sterility testing (swabs), specimens for culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.