Location -
- OPD 15, 1st floor, B wing
- Practical class and departmental office: Old casualty building, ground floor
Email ID -
Contact Us -
- Extension of Bacteriology and Serology lab- 206
- Extension of Office – 341
Teaching Faculty
- Dr. Kishore Bisure
- Dr. Avani Koticha
- Dr. Kirti Malpekar
- Dr. Suyasha S. Thorat
- Dr. Anuja Sonawane
- Dr. Rupali Dighade
- Dr. Neha Herlekar
Dr. Kishore Bisure Designation: Professor & HOD |
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Dr. Avani Koticha Designation: Addl. Professor |
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Dr. Kirti Malpekar Designation: Associate Professor |
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Dr. Suyasha S. Thorat Designation: Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Anuja Sonawane Designation: Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Rupali Dighade Designation: Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Neha Herlekar Designation: Tutor |
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Non Teaching Staff
- Pratima Kulkarni
- Rupali Sahare
- Gajanan Khote
- Arti Chabukswar
- Rabiya Khan
- Deepak Ahirrao
- Neesha Jitiya
- Pallavi Wadhonkar
- Somnath Maske
- Sandeep Salkar
- Sayli Jadhav
- Wafa Shaikh
- Pooja Vishwakarma
- Tejal Dighe
- Bhakti Ghag
- Pratima
- Sushma Kori
- Sakshi
- Shamal
- Rekha
- Janardan Sawant
- Gaus Awati
- Pragati
- Reem Khan
- Veeruchand
- Maroti
- Megha
- Sudhakar
- Namdeo
- Rajesh
Pratima Kulkarni Designation: Junior Scientific Officer |
Rupali Sahare Designation: Lab technician |
Gajanan Khote Designation: Lab technician |
Arti Chabukswar Designation: Lab technician |
Rabiya Khan Designation: Lab technician |
Deepak Ahirrao Designation: Lab technician |
Neesha Jitiya Designation: Lab technician |
Pallavi Wadhonkar Designation: Lab technician |
Somnath Maske Designation: Lab technician |
Sandeep Salkar Designation: Lab technician |
Sayli Jadhav Designation: Lab technician |
Wafa Shaikh Designation: Lab technician |
Pooja Vishwakarma Designation: Lab technician |
Tejal Dighe Designation: Lab technician |
Bhakti Ghag Designation: Lab technician |
Pratima Designation: ICTC technician |
Sushma Kori Designation: ICTC technician |
Sakshi Designation:ICTC Counsellor |
Shamal Designation:ICTC Counsellor |
Rekha Designation:ICTC Counsellor |
Janardan Sawant Designation:ICTC Counsellor |
Gaus Awati Designation:NTEP technician |
Pragati Designation:NTEP technician |
Reem Khan Designation:NTEP technician |
Veeruchand Designation:NTEP technician |
Maroti Designation:Clerk |
Megha Designation:Clerk |
Sudhakar Designation:Lab servant |
Namdeo Designation:Lab servant |
Rajesh Designation: Lab attendant |
Activities of the Department
UG
(To be filled by the administrative office)
- Intake capacity of UG with status of recognition
- List of admitted students, merit and category wise for 2019-20; 2020-21
PG
- Intake capacity of PG with status of recognition: Nil
- List of admitted students, merit and category wise for 2019-20; 2020-21: Nil
Research publications through the department in 2019-20; 2020-21 (mandatory) and since inception (desirable) in Vancouver style of referencing.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Shinde S, Koticha A, Mehta P, Gatne M. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis. J Case Reports. 2015;5(2):340–2.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Malpekar K, Vivek K, Shastri J. Clinical Correlation and Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016;5(60):4148–53.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paranjpe SM, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Swelling on the Arm: An Unusual Presentation of Microfilaria. J Case Reports. 2018;8(4):271–4.
- Akale PS, Paranjpe SM, Koticha AH, Mehta PR. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Alcoholics. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2019;8(33):2607–11.
- Meshram R, Gajbhiye S, Raut S. Study of organisms causing osteomyelitis in atertiary care hospital. J Evolution Med Dent Sci. 2020
- Meshram R, Gajbhiye S, Raut S. Biofilm production by the organisms causing osteomyelitis in a tertiary care hospital. Annala of International Medical nad Dental Research, 2019
Additional courses with list of students:
Nil
Other Academic activities (including timetables)
- Lecture timing: Monday and Wednesday – 9-10 am Saturday – 8-9 am
- Practical timing: Tuesday and Thursday- 1-4pm
- No. of MBBS students per batch- 150
- Theory lectures- 111
- Out of these 111 lectures, 68 lectures were taken online.
- Practicals and demonstrations- 32 (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 are 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.
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.
Awards and Achievements received by students and faculty since inception:
Nil
Results for examination for the year
Degree/Diploma | Year | No of Students Appeared | No of Students Passed | Passing percentage | |
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UG | MBBS | Winter 2019 | 153 | 148 | 96.7 |
PG | PGPG | 2019-20202020-2021 | NILNIL | —–—– | —–—– |
Other information
Sections/Units of the department
- Bacteriology
- Serology
- Immunology
- Mycology
- Parasitology
- Mycobacteriology, RNTCP
- ICTC
- Hospital infection control committee
- Molecular biology
- BMW (advisory committee)
- COVID-19 lab
Time and days:
Days | Time | |
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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 |
COVID-19 related activities
- HOD Microbiology has been appointed as the Dean of Dahisar Kandarpada jumbo COVID facility.
- Training of postgraduate residents, interns MBBS and nursing students were taken regarding infection prevention, biomedical waste management and specimen collection
- SOP for rational use of PPE were made and a video tutorial showing right way of donning and doffing of PPE was also made by department for training of hospital staff.
- Training imparted to other technicians from HBTH Jogeshwari and Kandar pada Jumbo COVID facility for specimen transport and rapid antigen testing.
- Design for isolation ward was made for setting up a COVID isolation ward.
- In this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the department is accepting swabs for covid testing throughout the day from 23/03/2020.
- Though, all the swabs were sent to outside laboratory for PCR testing initially, 6 July 2020 onwards rapid antigen testing for SARS CoV-2 was also started. This testing is also done in emergency laboratory. The results are available within half an hour.
- SARS CoV 2 Antigen testing
- On 22nd July 2020, CBNAAT testing for SARS CoV-2 was also started. This testing is done for hospitalized patients, suspected of COVID-19 or having other comorbidities.
- SARS Cov-2 CBNAAT testing
- Till date more than 10000 samples have been sent to outside lab for PCR. More than 4000 rapid antigen tests and more than 1000 CBNAAT tests have been performed till date.
- In the coming days, the department is going to start COVID antibody ELISA testing for hospital staff. This will be for surveillance purpose.
CME
Details of following activities since inception (with photos wherever possible)
CME, workshops, training:
- 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.”
Vision of 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.
Services provided (new and old)
Sr. no. | Section | Services offered |
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1 | Bacteriology |
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2 | Serology |
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3 | Immunology |
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4 | Mycology |
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5 | Parasitology |
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6 | Mycobacteriology, RNTCP |
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7 | ICTC |
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8 | H.I.C.C. |
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9 | Molecular Biology |
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10 | BMW (advisory committee) |
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11 | COVID-19 Lab |
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Emergency lab
Sr. no. | Section | Tests done |
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1 | Bacteriology |
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2 | Mycology |
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3 | Serology |
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4 | Molecular Biology |
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5 | COVID-19 Lab |
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Patient related/ Non-academic Activities
- Average number of tests done in a month in routine lab.
- Average number of tests done in a month emergency lab.
- 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.
- SOP for disinfection in hospital settings have been made by the department.
- Department caters to all peripheral hospitals in the western suburbs for Operation theatre sterility testing (swabs), specimens for culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
- HBsAg vaccination is solely done by Microbiology department. Till date 300 MBBS students, 55 residents, 15 technicians and 51 nurses have been vaccinated under this programme.