Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Online Report
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities1
Table 2
Laboratory equipment | Africa | Americas | Asia Pacific | Europe | Middle East | Global |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roller system | 85% | 50% | 20% | 34% | 0% | 43% |
Distillator | 66% | 23% | 36% | 29% | 66% | 41% |
BSC class II A1 | 74% | 31% | 40% | 26% | 83% | 40% |
Magnetic agitator | 66% | 9% | 29% | 47% | 61% | 39% |
Water bath | 62% | 23% | 29% | 36% | 87% | 39% |
Microtome | 71% | 19% | 36% | 23% | 89% | 38% |
Trichinoscope | 67% | 100% | 21% | 37% | 50% | 35% |
Vortex | 58% | 11% | 32% | 33% | 88% | 35% |
Autoclave | 63% | 16% | 36% | 24% | 61% | 34% |
Gas incubator | 54% | 74% | 25% | 14% | 54% | 34% |
Microplate reader | 60% | 14% | 37% | 26% | 70% | 34% |
Dark-field microscope | 73% | 8% | 38% | 24% | 50% | 33% |
Mixer jar | 69% | 38% | 22% | 28% | 67% | 31% |
Oven | 53% | 17% | 37% | 14% | 83% | 31% |
Colony counter | 52% | 29% | 34% | 19% | 100% | 30% |
Ovoscope | 100% | 38% | 37% | 13% | 100% | 30% |
Freezer | 66% | 4% | 23% | 25% | 75% | 29% |
pH meter | 83% | 20% | 26% | 16% | 58% | 29% |
Gel documentation | 52% | 21% | 29% | 24% | 57% | 28% |
Refrigerator | 59% | 13% | 31% | 21% | 64% | 28% |
Shaker | 65% | 14% | 21% | 26% | 57% | 28% |
Spectrophotometer | 51% | 24% | 19% | 26% | 58% | 28% |
Vacuum pump | 70% | 13% | 32% | 20% | 58% | 28% |
Fluorescent microscope | 47% | 21% | 26% | 19% | 67% | 26% |
Fume hood | 44% | 29% | 43% | 16% | 92% | 25% |
Microplate washer | 70% | 13% | 22% | 17% | 72% | 25% |
Water filtration | 71% | 24% | 33% | 11% | 55% | 25% |
Centrifuge | 54% | 14% | 35% | 12% | 66% | 24% |
Plate shaker | 52% | 11% | 31% | 12% | 78% | 24% |
Real-time PCR | 33% | 19% | 29% | 16% | 75% | 24% |
Inverted light microscope | 61% | 9% | 33% | 16% | 71% | 23% |
Microscope | 53% | 17% | 22% | 13% | 76% | 23% |
Incubator | 45% | 15% | 31% | 16% | 61% | 22% |
Conductometer | 67% | 13% | 25% | 10% | 56% | 21% |
Transilluminator | 65% | 9% | 29% | 13% | 56% | 21% |
Thermal cycler | 64% | 12% | 20% | 12% | 55% | 19% |
Biological safety cabinet class II A2 | 41% | 40% | 25% | 8% | 88% | 18% |
Biological safety cabinet class I | 57% | 31% | 57% | 6% | 67% | 17% |
Electrophoresis | 49% | 6% | 28% | 8% | 36% | 15% |
Pipette | 57% | 8% | 26% | 8% | 77% | 14% |
1Preliminary results from this article were presented at the Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine Virtual Conference, November 16‒18, 2021.
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