On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, the Department of Medical laboratory science held the national
workshop entitled “The role of microbiologist for drug abuse” The workshops first session was
presented by Assit.lect. Hataw Fryad Saber lecturer at Lebanese French University. Assist. Lect. Hataw
Fryad at the beginning of the workshop, addressed problems related to the methods of teaching at
Lebanese French University; then, she explained antimicrobial drugs especially focused on antibiotics and
factors affecting antimicrobial drugs, to solve the problems that facing difficulty of treating patients that
have bacterial infection, we have to antibiotic sensitivity test, to detect the bacteria that cause disease and
choosing best antibiotic to patients. In the second session, Mr. Hallo Seraj-Adin Rashid, head of
microbiology department at Balsam hospital laboratory, he explained the antibiotic sensitivity
test results in Kurdistan laboratories and how to select best antibiotic and accurate dose for
patients, and he explained CLSI guideline for selecting appropriate antibiotic according to which
one is sensitive and symptoms of the diseases. At the end he focused on the point that write
laboratory results can cure the patients from the disease, if wrong result reported affect the
human health.
Workshop Outcome
The following recommendation was given to solve the higher educational problem:
1- Following the CLSI guideline for selecting antibiotics for patients
2- Good quality of laboratory tests, from sample collection till giving the report to the
patients should be managed.
3- The role of microbiologists at laboratory especially microbiology lab that testing to find
the microorganisms which cause diseases.
4- Accurate result means saving human life and health.
Presenter/s Information
1- Assit.lect. Hataw Fryad holds M.Sc. in Medical microbiology at Hawler medical
university. Currently, she is the lecturer at College of Health science, Department of
Medical laboratory science at Lebanese French University.
2- Mr. Hallo Seraj-Adin Rashid holds B. Sc. in Medical microbiology at Hawler medical
university. Currently, he is head of Microbiology Department at Balsam Hospital
laboratory.
