Improved Diagnostics for Paediatric Tuberculosis

When faecal samples have been identified only by a pseudo-anonymised label they will be transferred to the designated secure collection point (Vaccine Institute). Professor Tim Bull will then be informed of their availability and will collect and transport to the research laboratory, located in the same building, making a log of all samples received. All samples will then be processed by the research laboratory as defined in the sample processing protocol. Culture result data will be obtained and stored on a secure password protected PC Excel file for collation and archiving by the chief analyst.