Clinical
Laboratories

Public Health Institute in Ostrava

Clinical Laboratories perform diagnostics of clinical materials (such as blood, urine, stool, etc.) in the fields of medical microbiology, cytogenetics, allergology and clinical immunology, as well as biochemistry and hematology.

Departments of the

Clinical Laboratories

  • Bacteriology (diagnostics of respiratory, urinary, and other infections)
  • Microbiological diagnostics of tuberculosis (TBC) and mycobacteriosis
  • Mycology (laboratory offers a wide range of microscopic and cultivation methods)
  • Virology (Dengue, West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever, HIV, etc.)
  • Medical parasitology and zoology (Malaria, Leptospira, etc.)
  • Immunology and alergology (laboratory investigates autoimmunity, immunodeficiencies, allergies, and anti-infective immunity)
  • Molecular biological methods (performs direct detection of infectious agents using the PCR method)
  • Antibiotic and consulting center
  • Clinical biochemistry and hematology
  • Determination of the biocidal activity of disinfectants and antiseptics (bactericidal, sporicidal, fungicidal, virucidal, mycobactericidal, and tuberculocidal activity)