The Department of Laboratory Medicine at JPNA Trauma Centre is a state-of art diagnostic department consisting of Hematology, Microbiology and Bio-chemistry laboratories. The laboratories run round the clock to provide diagsntic services to trauma patients. The laboratories together coduct approximately 2 lakh investigations annually. Most of the equipments in the labs are fully automated, facilitating rapid results. The department is also responsible for the hospital infection control related activities at the centre.

Blood Bank Lab Staff: The department has two Faculty members: Dr Purva Mathur & Dr S Arulselvi and two Senior Residents. The technical staff comprises of 12 Laboratory technicians and 10 Laboratory attendants. Training: The department provides training on various aspects of laboratory management and Infection control protocols to the staff at Trauma Centre. In addition, long and short term training is provided to students on a regular basis.

Lab Research: Collaborative research work is regularly done on various aspects of trauma management with other departments like surgery, orthopedics and neurosurgery.

The section has two Faculty members, Dr Purva Mathur & Dr Aparna Ningombam, and four Senior Residents.

Services provided: Routine investigations of microbiology samples of trauma patients on a 24*7 basis—fully automated instruments like VITEK2, VITEK MS, and BioFire® FilmArray® System aid our diagnostics. Surveillance of Health care associated infections is done routinely.

Training: The department provides training on various aspects of laboratory management, Infection control protocols, and biomedical waste management to the staff at the Trauma Centre. In addition, training is provided to students regularly.

Research: Lab comprises 45 personnel, including research fellows, technical staff, data entry operators, and field investigators. All of whom are involved in research work and the daily functioning of the lab. Collaborative research is done on trauma management and hospital infection control and surveillance. We are also the Centre of Advanced Research (CAR) in Hospital-acquired infections- Prevention and Control (ICMR Centre).