National Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest and
Peste des Petits Ruminants

1. NRL experts

• NRL coordinator

  Dr. Ghiţă Gladiola Mona, PhD in medical sciences, veterinary medicine speciality
  tel. 0374.322.039
  e–mail: mona.morcov@idah.ro

• NRL deputy coordinator

  Dr. Donescu Nicolae-Daniel, post-university studies in veterinary laboratory diagnosis

• Team working

  Dr. Turcitu Mihai-Alexandru, PhD candidate
  Dr. Raluca BĂDULESCU
  Dr. Cristian APOSTU, undergraduate studies in specialty – animal health management
  

2. Correspondent Community Reference Laboratory

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3. Specific atributions

• The specialists working in this NRL have the responsibility for drawing up the following handbooks: „Manual for Rinderpest Diagnosis” and „Manual for Peste des Petits Ruminants Diagnosis”.
• They also perform the changes and/or supplements for „Manual for Rinderpest Diagnosis” and „Manual for Peste des Petits Ruminants Diagnosis” in accordance with new provisions of Community law and new recommendations of the World Animal Health Organization, established in „Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals” and „Terrestrial Animal Health Code”.
• NRL experts approve the results of validity studies proving the reliability of methods/assays used in Romania for diagnosis and surveillance of rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• The experts coordinate pre-taking and drawing up the standards and diagnostic methods of rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants in Romania.
• They carry out researches activities, assimilate and draw up the new analytical methods for laboratory diagnosis and surveillance of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• They participate together with the others national reference laboratories for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants from Member States, to the international inter-comparison and proficiency tests organized by international reference laboratories for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants and other international accredited institutions in the field.
• They participate to the quality assurance activities and method standardization for diagnosis, surveillance and screening of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants, organized by international reference laboratories for rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• The NRL specialists collaborate with international reference laboratories for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants and benefit from training organized by these and supplying diagnostic standards, methods, reagents or diagnosis standards for rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• The NRL experts collaborate with national reference laboratories for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants from the others Member States, international reference laboratories of World Animal Health Organization (OIE) and other international accredited organizations in the field, in order to improve the surveillance and diagnostic capacity of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• In accordance with provisions of diagnosis manuals, they carry out the laboratory tests/assays for diagnosis and surveillance of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• The NRL experts supply the diagnosis expertise for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants in case of positive, suspect and inconclusive results.
• The NRL experts supply the diagnosis expertise for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants in case of dispute settlement.
• The NRL experts check and certify the diagnosis value of all diagnosis reagent batches and diagnosis sets or kits for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• In preparation for yielding certain diagnosis reagents for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• They coordinate the drawing up of diagnosis standards and methods for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• NRL also organize training and continuous training activities, in order to teach the specialists working in the authorized sanitary veterinary and food safety laboratories, on carrying out laboratory surveillance for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• The NRL experts carry out specific activities for identification and characterization the etiological agents of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants, their origin and type.
• NRL has the responsibility to characterize the rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants etiological agent strains, their genetic typing and designing the epidemiological genetic charts.
• They preserve the rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants etiological agent strains under maximum safety conditions.
• The experts from NRL participate to the authorization of sanitary veterinary and food safety laboratories; they write down the checking files and assessment report and verify the achievement of quality insurance system conditions.
• Periodically, they communicate to the European Commission the list of authorized and accredited institutions or sanitary veterinary and food safety laboratories, having specific competences for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants and also to notify any changes of the list.
• The NRL experts communicate, with the agreement of National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, the information requested by European Commission, international reference laboratories for rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants, World Animal Health Organization, national reference laboratories for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants from other Member States and other international accredited organizations and institutions in the field.
• The NRL experts provide, to National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority and to sanitary veterinary and food safety county directorates, and of Bucharest, respectively, the official information on rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants with the aim of establishing the national strategies and policies on rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants.
• As a second or third part, they carry out advising activities, they grant technical advice and also they perform audit activities for institutions and organizations in animal husbandry or for those enterprises of which activities involve products or by-products derived from animals.
• In accordance with legislation in force, NRL promotes and implements the Good Laboratory Practice principles (GLP), to be used for applied research studies.
• They also participate to the drawing up, coordination, monitoring and carrying out some actions stipulated by “Programme for surveillance, prevention and control of animal diseases, those transmitted from animals to humans, animal and environmental protection”, yearly approved by National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority President’s order.
• They participate to the establishing of maximum number of samples which are to be sampled for laboratory exams, regarding rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants and for calibration of national reference secondary sera against international primary standard sera.
• They participate to the elaboration of law drafts for rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants.
• They also participate to design the technical programs, the national and international projects regarding rinderpest or peste des petits ruminants diagnosis and surveillance.
• The NRL experts participate or manage the research activities of national or international research programmes.

4. Activity in relation with correspondent Community Reference Laboratory

• Attendance to workshops
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• Attendance to trainings
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• Participation to the international inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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5. Activity in relation with correspondent national reference laboratories from Member States

• Attendance to workshops
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• Attendance to trainings
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• Participation to the international inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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6. Activity in relation with correspondent international reference laboratory

• Attendance to workshops
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• Attendance to trainings
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• Participation to the international inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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7. Activity in relation with other international accredited institutions in the field

• Attendance to workshops
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• Attendance to trainings
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• Participation to the international inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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8. Activity in relation with counties SVFSLs

• Workshop organization
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• Training organization
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• Performing inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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9. Activity in relation with other institutions than SVFSLs or legal and private person

• Workshop organization
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• Training organization
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• Performing inter–comparison and proficiency tests
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