Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Online Report
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities1
Jennifer N. Lasley
, Emmanuel O. Appiah, Kazunobu Kojima, and Stuart D. Blacksell
, Emmanuel O. Appiah, Kazunobu Kojima, and Stuart D. Blacksell
Table 3
Reported equipment not properly calibrated by equipment category for Equipment Management and Sustainability Survey conducted by World Organisation for Animal Health, 2019
| Laboratory equipment | Africa | Americas | Asia Pacific | Europe | Middle East | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrifuge | 73% | 66% | 79% | 37% | 79% | 54% |
| Fume hood | 76% | 59% | 63% | 39% | 92% | 49% |
| Spectrophotometer | 70% | 59% | 81% | 29% | 75% | 48% |
| Pipette | 69% | 13% | 39% | 44% | 80% | 43% |
| pH meter | 82% | 78% | 59% | 14% | 50% | 42% |
| Microplate reader | 76% | 40% | 51% | 22% | 80% | 41% |
| Autoclave | 77% | 36% | 62% | 14% | 77% | 40% |
| Conductometer | 67% | 50% | 33% | 12% | 67% | 28% |
| Thermal cycler | 77% | 39% | 35% | 12% | 70% | 28% |
| Real-time PCR | 52% | 44% | 33% | 12% | 64% | 25% |
1Preliminary results from this article were presented at the Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine Virtual Conference, November 16‒18, 2021.
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