Public Health Laboratory Technician Course
This course equips aspiring public health lab technicians with essential, hands-on skills for safe testing of TB and Salmonella, including biosafety practices, proper PPE use, quality control, troubleshooting, and timely reporting to enhance outbreak detection and improve patient outcomes in health facilities.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical skills in handling specimens, documentation, chain of custody, and testing sputum for TB and stool for Salmonella via microscopy, culture, and molecular techniques. Master biosafety protocols, PPE usage, incident response, quality control measures, and precise reporting to aid surveillance and outbreak management.
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Develop skills
- Perform TB diagnostics confidently using smear microscopy, culture, and rapid molecular tests.
- Isolate, identify, and confirm Salmonella serotypes accurately from stool samples.
- Implement lab biosafety with PPE, biosafety cabinets, and spill response for TB and enteric pathogens.
- Conduct quality control, troubleshoot issues, and record corrective actions effectively.
- Provide timely TB and Salmonella results to support public health outbreak control.
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