Health Laboratory Facilities in Emergencies and Disaster Situations. (WHO - OMS, 1994, 169 p.): Chapter 3 Types of laboratory facility: 3.1 General

Health Laboratory Facilities in Emergencies and Disaster Situations. (WHO - OMS, 1994, 169 p.)

Chapter 3 Types of laboratory facility

		3.1 General
		3.2 Existing laboratory facilities
		3.3 Temporary stationary laboratory facilities
		3.4 Mobile laboratories
		3.5 Portable laboratories
		3.6 Referral of samples to reference laboratories

There are five types of laboratory facility:

· existing laboratory facilities
· temporary stationary laboratory facilities
· mobile laboratories
· portable laboratories
· reference laboratories.

Figure 3.1 Transportable rigid structures