Reference laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology

The Reference Laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Reference Laboratory) was organized on the basis of an agreement between the Government of the Swiss Confederation, the Humanitarian Aid Department and the Swiss Disaster Relief Corps (AH/ASC) of the Office for Development and Cooperation and the Republic of Uzbekistan on assistance in the fight against viral hepatitis in Uzbekistan by order of April 28, 2000 on the basis of the Research Institute of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan. On June 27, 2000, the Regulation on the Reference Laboratory of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan as an independent unit was approved. By order of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 186 dated June 28, 2012, it was introduced into the Research Institute of Virology in the form of a structural division.

The Reference Laboratory in its activities is guided by the current legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, decrees and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, orders and orders of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, higher organizations, regulatory documentation of the NSS, NSA of the Republic of Uzbekistan and this regulation.

The main goal of the Reference Laboratory's activities is creation of a centralized system for quality control of virological laboratory tests of diagnostic services of the Republic of Uzbekistan (internal quality control) and supervision of the reliability of the results obtained (external quality control).

The main tasks of the Reference Laboratory are:

Organizational and methodological support for the implementation of laboratory services to the population for the diagnosis of viral hepatitis, TORCH and other infections;

Increasing the coverage of screening examinations for the early detection of viral hepatitis types "B" and "C"

Standardization of methods of virological laboratory tests, development of methodological approaches and recommendations for the implementation of a quality management system in virological laboratories of public health institutions;

Conducting scientific research on viral hepatitis issues;

Improving safety, quality and efficiency control of diagnostic test kits;

Creating reference panels and implementing them in diagnostic laboratories

Conducting primary examination of regulatory documents on registration of diagnostic reagents.

Organizing comparative tests using ELISA and PCR

Organizing and conducting external quality assessment (EQA) of virology laboratories.

Training specialists of diagnostic laboratories.

Ensuring international cooperation and information exchange with National Reference Laboratories/Centers of other countries, WHO, etc.;

The reference laboratory carries out the following functions:

- studying the phenotypic and molecular genetic properties of pathogens of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, the most relevant for the Republic of Uzbekistan;

- performing laboratory tests by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): determination of antibodies to viral hepatitis A, B, C, D;

- performing laboratory tests by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - detection of DNA/RNA of pathogens causing viral hepatitis and other pathogenic microorganisms, determination of viral load and genotyping of hepatitis B and C viruses;

- determination of viral load, genotyping and determination of physical status (integrated, episomal forms) of human papillomaviruses of high oncogenic risk;

- development of standardized laboratory methods of virological research;

- development of methodological approaches and recommendations for the implementation of a quality management system in virology laboratories of public health institutions;

- development of reference panels and their implementation in the work of diagnostic laboratories;

- conducting an external assessment quality of virology laboratories of healthcare institutions;

- conducting training courses for laboratory specialists;

- implementation of various research programs within the framework of international cooperation

Address: Tashkent, Yunusabad, 3rd quarter, st. Yangishakhar, 7a

Phone: +998712311861

Working hours: 8:00–15:00

Zhurayev Rivojiddin Khafuzullaevich

Since January 20, 2021:

Director of the Reference Laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

WORK ACTIVITIES

1987-1993 - Student of Andijan State Medical Institute

1993-1994 - Internship doctor of Namangan Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital

1994-1995 - Laboratory doctor of Namangan Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital

1995-1998 - Postgraduate student of the Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1998-2001 - Doctor of the ambulance team of Tashkent city.

2001-2003 - Head of the laboratory of the Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

2003-2007 - Doctor of the Reference laboratory

2007-2009. - Head of the scientific project of the Research Institute of Virology

2009-2010. - Senior researcher of the Research Institute of Virology

2010-2012. - Doctor of the Reference laboratory

2012-2017. - Doctor of the Reference laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology.

2017-2020. - Chief physician of the infectious diseases hospital of the Namangan region.

2020-2020. Head of the Laboratory of Particularly Dangerous Viral Infections, Research Institute of Virology

2020-2021 - Head of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology

2021 - present - Head of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Documents

Public Offer (in Russian)

List of Services and Specialists of the Reference Laboratory (in Russian)

Price List of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology (in Russian)

CLIA Price List of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology (in Russian)

Scope of Accreditation of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology (in Russian)

Certificate of Accreditation of the Reference Laboratory, Research Institute of Virology

Register of the National Accreditation System, Uzbek Accreditation Center