Thecentre is equipped with the FACSCount flow cytometer manufactured bythe Becton Dickinson. As a reliable choice for clinical cellularanalysis in laboratories, it is a dedicated system with the ability toprovide CD4+, CD8+, and CD3+ T lymphocytes counts automatically.
Thecentre also has the FACS Canto II 6 that offers applications in a widerange of fields and plans to put into use the Vacutainer bloodcollection system, which is designed to protect lab personnel fromcontact with blood taken from HIV/AIDS patients.
The HIVreference centre was due to study the application of Flow Cytometrytechnique, especially for contagious diseases, and provide training onthe field for lab staff nationwide to help further improve medicaltreatments./.