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close this bookStandard Treatment Guidelines (STG) and The National Essential Drug List for Tanzania (NEDLIT) (WHO; 1997; 210 pages)
View the documentFOREWORD
View the documentACKNOWLEDGMENTS
View the documentINTRODUCTION
Open this folder and view contentsStandard Treatment Guidelines (STG)
close this folderNATIONAL ESSENTIAL DRUG LIST
View the document1. ANAESTHETICS
View the document2. MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
View the document3. ANALGESICS, ANTIPYRETICS
View the document4. ANTIMIGRAINE DRUGS
View the document5. ANTI-ALLERGICS AND DRUGS USED IN ANAPHYLAXIS AND SHOCK
View the document6. ANTIDOTES
View the document7. ANTIEPILEPTICS AND ANTICONVULSANTS
View the document8. ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUGS
View the document9. ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS
View the document10. ANTI-PARKINSONISM DRUGS
View the document11. DRUGS AFFECTING THE BLOOD
View the document12. PLASMA SUBSTITUTES, BLOOD PRODUCTS
View the document13. CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
View the document14. DERMATOLOGICAL DRUGS
View the document15. DIURETICS
View the document16. GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS
View the document17. HORMONES, ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS, ENDOCRINE DRUGS, CONTRACEPTIVES
View the document18. DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS
View the document19. IMMUNOLOGICALS
View the document20. OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS
View the document21. DRUGS USED IN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT)
View the document22. OXYTOCICS & ANTI-OXYTOCICS
View the document23. PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS
View the document24. RESPIRATORY TRACT DRUGS
View the document25. SOLUTION, CORRECTING WATER ELECTROLYTE AND ACID BASE DISTURBANCES
View the document26. DISINFECTANTS and ANTISEPTICS
View the document27. VITAMINS & MINERALS
View the document28. DENTAL DRUGS/SUPPLIES
View the document29. VILLAGE HEALTH POSTS
View the document30. ESSENTIAL LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC REAGENT
View the documentABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
 

30. ESSENTIAL LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC REAGENT

 

REAGENT/ACTION

: DESCRIPTION

*

Detection of Urine Sugars

 

A

Benedicts reagent

Sodium Citrate 170 g
Sodium Carbonate anhydrous 100 g
Copper sulphate 17 g
To prepare 1.0 Litre solution

*

Detection of Urine Proteins

 

A

20% Sulphasalicylic acid

Sulphosalicylic acid 100 g. To prepare 500 ml solution.

*

Detection of Urine Bilirubin

 

B

(i) 10% Barium chloride

Barium chloride 50 g. To prepare 500 ml solution.

B

(ii) Fouchet's reagent

10% Ferric chloride - 100 ml & 25% Trichloroacetic acid - 900 ml

*

Detection of Urine Ketone bodies

 

B

Rothera's reagent

Sodium nitroprusside 3 g
Ammonium Sulphate 100 g
Sodium carbonate 50 g. The mixture store in a screw capped bottle

*

Stool examination (wet prep)

 

A

Physiological saline

Sodium chloride 9 g
To prepare 1.0 litre solution

*

Blood examination for parasites

 

A

Field stain B

Field stain B - 10 g To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

*

Blood examination (Haemoglobin)

B

Drabkin's solution

Potassium cyanide 0.1 g
Potassium ferricyaride 0.4 g
Sodium bicarbonate 2.0 g
To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

*

Skin disinfection

 

A

(i) 70% Alcohol

Alcohol - 700 ml
Gentian violet - 1 drop
Distilled water - 300 mL

 

(ii) Rectified spirit

Ready made

*

Examination by microscope

 

A

Immersion oil

 

*

BACTERIA STAINING

 
 

I. Gram staining

 

B

(i) Gentian violet

Gentian violet 5 g
To prepare 1.0 litre solution

B

(ii) Lugols Iodine

Iodine 10 g
Potassium iodide 20 g.
To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

B

(iii) 10% Acetone/Alcohol

Acetone 100 ml & Ethanol 900 ml.

B

(iv) Neutral red

Neutral red chloride 1 g
1% Acetic acid - 1 mL
To prepare 1.0 litre solution

II.

Zn staining

 

B

(i) Basic fuchsin

10 g basic fuchsin in 100 ml of pure methanol

B

(ii) 20% Sulphuric acid

200 ml concentrated Sulphuric acid to prepare 1 litre of solution.

B

(iii) Methylene blue

Methylene blue 10 g
To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

*

Fungal identification

 

C

Potassium hydroxide 20%

Potassium hydroxide 20 g to prepare 100 ml solution.

*

Tissue fixation

 

B

(i) 10% Formal - saline

Formaldehyde 40% - 100 ml
Sodium chloride 9 g to prepare 1.0 litre solution.

C

(ii) 50/50 Ether Alcohol

500 Ether plus 500 ml Ethyl alcohol to prepare 1 litre.

*

Transport media

 

B

Stuart's transport media

Stuarts transport Medium - 8 g
To prepare 500 ml.
Distribute into bijou bottles, screw caps on securely sterilize, label and store after cooling.

*

Detection of Typhoid/Typhus fever

B

(i) Salmonella H suspension

Vial 5 ml

B

(ii) Salmonella 0 x 19 suspension

Vial 5 ml

B

(iii) Proteus 0 x 19 suspension

Vial 5 ml

*

Detection of Brucellosis

 

B

Brucella arbutus suspension

Vial 5 ml

 

Pregnancy detection

Vial 5 ml

C

Piano sec

Kit

*

Syphil's screening

 

C

V.D.R.L reagent

Kit

*

HIV screening

 

C

HIV check

Kit

*

Blood grouping

 

C

Anti A serum

Vial 10 ml

C

Anti B serum

Vial 10 ml

C

Anti A,B Serum (O serum)

Vial 10 ml

C

Anti D serum

Vial 5 ml

*

Crossmatch test

 

C

30% Burive albumin

Vial 30 ml

C

Coomb's reagent

Vial 2 ml

C

Incomplete ant D

Vial 5 ml

*

Sickling test

 

A

2% Sodium metabisulphite

Sodium Metabisulphite 2%
To prepare fresh 5 mL solution

*

Total white Blood cell count

 

C

Turk's fluid

Acetic acid glacial 2% & 1 drop gentian violet to prepare 100 ml.

*

Blood glucose determination

Detection of Diabetics

c

(i) 5% Trichloroacetic acid

Trichloroacetic acid 50 g. to prepare 1.0 litre solution.

 

(ii) O - Toluidine reagent

Thiourea 1.5 g
Acetic acid glacial
950 ml & O - toluidine 50 mL.

c

(iii) Glucose standard

Glucose pure 18 g
Benzoic acid 1%
To prepare 1.0 litre stock solution.

*

Detection of Renal problems:

 
 

creatinine determination

 

C

(i) 5% Trichloroacetic acid

as for glucose

C

(ii) 0.6% Picric acid

saturated
picric acid 250 mL of Distilled water 250 mL.

C

(iii) 1.0 N Sodium hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide 40 g
To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

C

(iv) 0.1 N Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid 8 ml to prepare 1.0 litre solution

C

(v) Creatinine standard

Creatinine crystals 0.1 g
To prepare 1.0 litre
stock solution with 0.1 N Hydrochloric acid.

*

Detection of Jaundice.

 

*

Bilirubin determination

 

C

(i) Sulfanilic acid

Sulfanilic acid 0.2 g, conc Hcl 1.5 ml. To prepare 100 ml.

C

(ii) Sodium nitrite

Sodium nitrite 0.2 g to prepare 100 ml solution.

C

(iii) Caffeine reagent

caffeine 50 g, Sodium benzoate 5 g,
Sodium acetate 125 g, EDTA 1 g. To prepare 1.0 litre solution

C

(iv) Tartrate solution

Potassium Sodium tartrate 250 g,
Sodium hydroxide 20 g to prepare 1.0 litre solution.

C

(v) Bilirubin standard

Commercial serum-made

C

(vi) Saline

Sodium chloride 9 g. To prepare 1.0 litre solution

PROTEIN DETERMINATION

C

(i) Biuret reagent

Potassium Sodium tartrate 9 g,
Potassium iodide 5 g Copper Sulphate 3 g, Sodium hydroxide 20 g to prepare 1.0 litre solution

C

(iv) Saline

Potassium Sodium tartrate 9 g,
Potassium iodide 5 g, Copper sulphate 3 g, Sodium hydroxide. To prepare 1.0 litre solution.

C

(ii) Protein standard

Commercial serum

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