Within the Bacteriology Laboratory, the scientific personnel includes a staff of 30 technicians (23 positions). They analyze around 100,000 samples for hospitalized patients each year and this corresponds to:
- 20 000 hemocultures
- 20 000 urine analyses
- 20 000 smears
- 10 000 respiratory system samples
- 6 000 fecal samples
- 5 000 samples to detect mycobacteria
- 5 000 others samples related to sexually transmitted diseases.