DMDP

The Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program (DMDP) was co-founded in 2008 by Dr. Jim McLaughlin and Dr. Ellen Jo Baron to implement diagnostic microbiology laboratories and currently supports laboratories in the Kampong Cham, Takeo, Siem Reap, and Battambang Provincial Hospitals and in the National Institute of Public Health. DMDP uses experienced microbiologists as laboratory mentors working side by side with Cambodian staff using a simplified and reliable approach developed by Dr Ellen Jo Baron for the isolation, identification and antibiotic resistance testing of bacteria in specimens from patients with infectious diseases. This basic approach uses photos and diagrams to teach laboratory technicians how to collect specimens, inoculate agar plates, isolate and identify bacterial pathogens and perform standardized, reliable antibiotic susceptibility tests. This approach has been endorsed by WHO and used in many countries... DMDP helped implement the Central Media Making..

Also known as: Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program