CENTRAL LABORATORY MANAGEMENT

UNIT

1ST Quarter Report

Achievements

A centralized store for consumables has been created to consolidate all the faculties’

stock and the same time maintain individual faculties inventory. This provides better

stock management and redundant purchase of consumables can be reduced.

Two new laboratories has been established which is the Advanced Cell Culture &

Experimental Cytology Lab and Cancer Research Lab. These two labs are fully funded by

the research grants and increase the research activities in the university.

75% of Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) audit recommendations have been

carried out. The remaining is more on safety aspects which is concurrent with CHRA

recommendations.

On safety matters, the CHRA recommendations is being implemented and a new

location of chemical/biological waste disposal area has been identified which is not

located in the laboratories itself.

A common email ID is created to manage request for quotations and also serves a point

of inventory list sharing among CLMU staffs and respected faculty members.

Information can be retrieved anytime anywhere.

Laboratory Maintenance Unit (LMU) has been established which looks into minor repair

of equipment. LMU reduces the cost of sending out equipment to vendors.

Recommendations

The budget for laboratories of each faculty should be centralized. This will show overall

spending of the consumables and repair of equipment’s.

Laboratories with high students number during practical session especially for FOM and

FOP requires additional projectors and screen. Request has been forwarded to IT

Division. These laboratories can also be used for teaching purposes apart from practical

session.

Propose to include printing facility and increase the number of chairs and tables in the

postgraduate lounge. The university can have a central postgraduate lounge.

Other updates

Currently maintenance of equipment and requirements for practical class are being

done. This is to prepare for the coming September semester where FAS and FOP

students will start their practical/research activities.

SOP of equipment/process flow is being revised again and documentations related with

laboratory are currently being updated.

Fume hood issue is being settled with the university services has raised the purchase

request.

Prepared by,

K. Dhanaraj

02/06/2015